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Trump Makes a Huge Move Against Illegal Immigrants
PJ Media ^ | April 8, 2025 | Matt Margolis

Posted on 04/08/2025 9:52:07 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom

President Trump is done playing games with illegal immigrants who refuse to leave after receiving deportation orders. The administration announced a bold new plan to impose hefty $998 daily fines on migrants who overstay their deportation orders. It's not stopping there, either; it will also seize property from those who don't pay up.

This is exactly the kind of decisive action we need to address our immigration crisis. The fines stem from a 1996 law that Trump first utilized during his first term in 2018. The Biden administration, naturally, had halted this practice when it took office in 2021. But now it is back, and this time, the administration is taking it several steps further by applying penalties retroactively for up to five years.

Naturally, the left is already crying foul, because that’s what they do whenever Trump does something. Former ICE policy official Scott Shuchart tried to paint this enforcement action as some kind of scare tactic, claiming, "Their point isn't really to enforce the law, it's to project fear in communities."

That’s cute, but let’s be honest here about what’s actually happening. Trump's goal with this policy is to get illegal immigrants who have been ordered to leave the United States to actually follow the law. As DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin plainly stated, "If they don't, they will face the consequences. This includes a fine of $998 per day for every day that the illegal alien overstayed their final deportation order.”

DHS issued the warning about potential fines in a March 31 social media post...

...he White House is pushing U.S. Customs and Border Protection to handle not just the fines, but also property seizures and asset sales for those who refuse to pay. The Department of Justice's civil asset forfeiture division could get involved as well.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: aliens; deportation; illegal
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Awesome!!

They'll have to mow a lot of lawns, pick a lot of apples, and clean a lot of bathrooms to come up with $998 per day. I wonder why they didn't make it an even $1,000 per day.

1 posted on 04/08/2025 9:52:07 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

At some point might the “lawfare” used against POTUS be recognized as aiding and abetting?


2 posted on 04/08/2025 9:56:29 AM PDT by Racketeer
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Theres no such people

And president trump didnt do anything again anyone...

The laws of the United States are against illegal aliens


3 posted on 04/08/2025 9:59:26 AM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

He should be going after those that hire them...which i believe is already written into the labor laws....including fines.


4 posted on 04/08/2025 9:59:41 AM PDT by suasponte137
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Yes, I have been advocating this for years. Seize the RICO (everything they earned in due to illegal actions) assets and use it to deport them.


5 posted on 04/08/2025 10:04:30 AM PDT by packrat35 (Pureblood! No clot shot for me!)
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To: suasponte137

Yes,

And pursue those who rent to them


6 posted on 04/08/2025 10:09:15 AM PDT by SMARTY (In politics, stupidity is not a handicap. Napoleon Bonaparte I)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Bravo!


7 posted on 04/08/2025 10:09:52 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Don’t fine them—just deport them!


8 posted on 04/08/2025 10:11:46 AM PDT by Honorary Serb (Kosovo is Serbia! Free Srpska! Abolish ICTY!)
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To: suasponte137

I agree stop hiring them. Fine those that do, repeat offenders get jail time.


9 posted on 04/08/2025 10:16:24 AM PDT by Resolute Conservative
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Why didn’t they make it an even $2000? My thoughts as well.

Add a $2 sur charge. Make it a stamp. It could become a collectors item as well.


10 posted on 04/08/2025 10:18:06 AM PDT by Cold Heart (It's a good time to be ashamed to be a democrat)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

I have family in El Paso. Every person who wants to keep even ONE illegal here in this country.. send to a border town and keep them there to deal with the illegals.


11 posted on 04/08/2025 10:19:04 AM PDT by frnewsjunkie
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To: Cold Heart

$1000


12 posted on 04/08/2025 10:19:12 AM PDT by Cold Heart (It's a good time to be ashamed to be a democrat)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

if ICE has to look for you

its gonna be expensive


13 posted on 04/08/2025 10:40:12 AM PDT by joshua c
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Wow,

5x365x998 = $1,821,350

That’s a lot of bathrooms cleaned!

We need to somehow pay for all that deportation expenses.


14 posted on 04/08/2025 11:05:10 AM PDT by AZJeep (sane )
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To: Racketeer

We would all love to see that.


15 posted on 04/08/2025 11:55:14 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (Don't be a "PANICAN" or a "PANICRAT")
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Millions of them waked right across our border in open defiance of our laws... They can walk right the F’ back out or lose everything.

I like it.


16 posted on 04/08/2025 12:00:06 PM PDT by Bullish (I've never seen such morons... Have you?)
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To: suasponte137

IIRC-—FINE IS $5000 a day per employee


17 posted on 04/08/2025 12:54:12 PM PDT by ridesthemiles (not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)
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To: Racketeer

only by a person with clear mind and eyes open.


18 posted on 04/08/2025 12:58:28 PM PDT by b4me (Pray, and let God change you. He knows better than you or anyone else, who He made you to be.)
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To: b4me

OUT! GET O U T !!!!!!!!!!!!!!


19 posted on 04/08/2025 1:00:34 PM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

maybe this is why a recent trip to Walmart on a Saturday had only one small section of self check out open with one employee overseeing it and only one cashier lane open?

too many people had to abruptly leave employment?


20 posted on 04/08/2025 1:01:26 PM PDT by b4me (Pray, and let God change you. He knows better than you or anyone else, who He made you to be.)
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