Posted on 02/25/2025 8:12:51 PM PST by SoConPubbie
President Trump escalated his efforts to curb illegal immigration on Tuesday by requiring aliens to register in a tracking database or face prison time and fines.
The Trump Administration is encouraging illegal aliens to self-deport with the new tracking system.
The DHS said illegal aliens will face harsh penalties if they don’t submit fingerprints or disclose to the government if their address has changed.
The Wall Street Journal reported:
The Trump administration created a registry for immigrants in the U.S. illegally to submit their personal information or face fines and prison time, according to documents including a draft regulation seen by The Wall Street Journal.
Immigrants in the country illegally including children 14 and older would be required to submit fingerprints and home addresses to the registry, the documents show. Immigrants who qualify but fail to register could be fined up to $5,000 and sentenced to up to six months in prison.
The move to criminalize being in the U.S. illegally would build on the Trump administration’s efforts to toughen immigration laws. Previously, immigrants in the country illegally were committing a civil offense and could be detained and deported, but weren’t considered to have committed a crime.
“Aliens in this country illegally face a choice,” Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem wrote in a memo describing the new policy. “They can return home and follow the legal process to come to the United States or they can deal with the consequences of continuing to violate our laws.”
President Trump wants to increase the pace of deportations.
Acting ICE Director Caleb Vitello has been removed from his position amid reports President Trump is unhappy with the pace of deportations, according to The Wall Street Journal.
Earlier this month it was reported that President Trump and border czar Tom Homan were reportedly unhappy with the current number of deportations.
According to a report by NBC, Trump and Homan were disappointed with the pace of deportations so far and demanded that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) ramp up their operations.
Caleb Vitello was reassigned to oversee all field and enforcement operations.
Earlier this month President Trump reassigned two senior ICE officials over the slow pace of deportations.
Reuters reported that the Trump Administration has deported nearly 40,000 illegal aliens since Inauguration Day.
Many will skedaddle if they are drafted.
I love it.
Lose/lose proposition for illegal invaders.
Methinks Stephen Miller has been brainstorming again.
For Pete’s sake, they were given phoned. The government knows where the illegals are. Turn off the phone, and their cash cards. Can the feds be this stupid?
In an Effort to Compel Self Deportation …. How about cutting off ANY AND ALL WELFARE FREEBIES and HOTEL STAYS???
And, huge fines on money transfers to MX, Cent America and beyond.
This would do the trick over registering them online.
Sheesh.
It’s not rocket science.
My post 5 pretty much echoes your exact sentiments.
Thank you! Make it a hardship for them to be here.
I remember back in the 1950s, maybe early 60s, aliens had to register every year. There would be periodic public service announcements on the radio, advising them to go to the nearest post office and register. I don’t recall when that stopped, but in retrospect it seems like a very good idea.
And he was a legal immigrant.
Prison time is a joke. We don’t have prison space to put all the illegals who won’t comply.
We could outsource our prisons to El Salvador.
There is a lot of empty land in West Texas. All you need is cheap trailers, fencing, and land mines to keep illegals right where we want them.
I remember the tv infomercials.
I remember those dramatic announcements when I was a kid!
By and large these are not sophisticated people. Get 20 or 30 locked up and the voluntary outflow from the country will be dramatic
How will they know?
Those who overstay a visa...sure. Maybe those getting ebt and phones?
But the illegal Juan or Juanita who snuck across is not on govt lists in the first place.
I’m for anything that works...just not sure how this does...
This is giving me hope.
I suppose if the registration is not used against them in a criminal proceeding it does not violate the 5th Amendment. Pretty cool, actually.
Brilliant!
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