Trump imposes record fines on low -income migrants
Wendy Ortiz is shocked when she realizes she has been fined by US immigration authorities for illegal residence in the country. It is shocked by the sum of $ 1.8 million.
| Ortiz is 32 years old and works at a meat processing company in Pennsylvania for $ 13 an hour and has lived in the United States for a decade after escaping El Salvador to escape from a former partner’s abuser and threats of bands, she said in an interview with immigration documents. Her salary barely covers the rent and cost of her 6-year-old son with autism, who is an American citizen. |
« It’s not fair, » she says. « Where to find so much money? »
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Reuters talks to eight immigration attorneys from different parts of the country, who confirmed that their customers were fined several thousand to over $ 1.8 million.
| The recipients of the notifications have 30 days to challenge the fine in writing, under the oath and with evidence why it should not be imposed. |
- Strict measures are part of Trump’s aggressive strategy to force migrants to voluntarily leave the country – the so -called. « Own deportation ».
- The plan, which Reuters first announced in April, includes a fine of $ 998 per day for migrants who did not leave the United States after a deportment order.
- The administration intends to apply the fines back to five years, making a maximum of $ 1.8 million. The government will also have the right to seize property if migrants cannot pay.
- It is unclear how exactly the Trump administration will collect fines and seize property.
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The fines were issued by the ICE and Customs Service (ICE). The Customs and Border Protection Agency (CBP) is loaded with the processing of fines and possible confiscations, Reuters reported in April. A CBP spokesman said the agency is still working on complex logistics to apply confiscation.
The Ministry of Interior Security did not comment. A spokesman for the agency said in April that migrants who are in the country illegally « must » deport themselves immediately. «
| The fines arise from the 1996 law, which was first implemented in 2018 during the first term of Trump and affects about 1.4 million migrants with a deportment order issued. |
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The Trump administration withdrew hundreds of thousands of dollars fines against nine migrants who were looking for asylum in churches after a court case, but continued with the imposition of less sanctions. Joe Biden’s administration canceled fines in 2021.
Immigration Rights Robert Scott from New York is completely amazed when his client receives a fine of $ 1.8 million. It is a poor mexican who has lived in the United States for 25 years.
My first thought was that it was a fraud. I have never seen such a thing.
Robert Scott. Immigration Lawyer from New York
Scott explained that the woman had received an order to deport in 2013 but did not know. Last year, she applied for a resumption of a case, which has not yet been considered.
« She’s not hiding, » he says. « I wonder why they headed for her. I don’t know if it’s accidental or because it’s an easy target. »
Search for protection but under the target
After crossing the border in 2015, Ortiz was released to continue the asylum procedure for pursuit fears, documents show. But she claims that she has never received a summons for appearing in an immigration court and therefore sentenced to deportation in 2018.
Her lawyer has applied for humanitarian protection on January 8, claiming that El Salvador Ortiz is in danger and that her son will not have access to care for children with autism. The application requested a « prosecutorial judgment » and the termination of the case.
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Rosina Stambau, a lawyer of Wendy Ortiz, says she has requested a 30-day extension and is considering legal action against the fine.
She has a child with autism, there is no criminal background, and the authorities have this information. It’s just absolutely crazy.
Rosin. Ortice’s lawyer
Attorneys say that there are also spouses of American citizens among the fines who are actively trying to settle their immigration status.
Rosa, an American citizen of New York, says her husband from Honduras is fined $ 5,000. He failed to leave the country in 2018 after obtaining a voluntary departure authorization as dew was diagnosed with uterine cancer. She hopes that after explaining the situation, the fine will be canceled. Otherwise, she says, her husband will have to work many extraordinary hours to pay her.
« One after the other, things happen to us, » she says. « This whole process costs us too expensive. »
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