The Trump administration has streamlined the process involved in fining illegal aliens as part of its border enforcement efforts. The new rules have been entered into the Federal Registry, which opens a 30-day public comment period.
The changes are necessary, according to the government filing, to overcome the current detailed and burdensome process required for notifying people of fines and then recovering the money. “Without this IFR (interim final rule), the current procedures under 8 CFR part 280 have the potential to become unnecessarily burdensome and cause unnecessary delay as DHS expands its use of the failure to depart and unlawful entry civil monetary penalties.”
The new rules from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Justice Department (DOJ) make it easier to impose fines on illegal aliens who continue to ignore the administration’s warning to self-deport or face the consequences, including hefty fines.
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