Posted on 10/21/2025 8:14:19 PM PDT by bitt
President Donald Trump’s Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has slapped illegal aliens with nearly $10 billion in fines, aiming to pressure them into self-deporting rather than draining taxpayer resources through lengthy court battles and forced removals. According to DHS officials, more than 31,600 fine notices have been issued, totaling over $9.6 billion.
The new information about the fines was revealed by DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin, who spoke with Breitbart News.
These penalties are designed to hit illegal aliens where it hurts, their wallets, while offering grace for those who choose voluntary departure.
Through the CBP Home mobile app, individuals who self-deport can earn a free flight home and a $1,000 stipend, all while maintaining the option for future legal re-entry.
Stay here illegally, however, and you’re looking at $1,000 daily fines, potential arrest, and a permanent ban on returning legally.
“Illegal aliens should use the CBP Home app to fly home for free and receive $1,000 stipend, while preserving the option to return the legal, right way,” McLaughlin told Breitbart.
McLaughlin added, “It’s an easy choice: Leave voluntarily and receive $1,000 check or stay and wait till you are fined $1,000 a day, arrested, and deported without a possibility to return legally.”
This strategy is part of a broader crackdown that’s already yielding massive results.
DHS reports show that over two million illegal aliens are no longer in the United States, with an estimated 1.6 million having self-deported voluntarily.
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Don’t forget to take your anchor babies with you!
All six swing states.
Take a hint Pedro, Maria. Vaya con brio.
I don’t want them back legally. That’s like inviting the burglar caught in your house to return for Sunday dinner Iinstead of feeding your own kids).
Doesn’t mean they will get to come back, just that they have a future option to come legally. Kind of the carrot on the end of the stick...the horse never gets to eat it.
There. Fixed it.
“Just gimme the power...” - Joey Biden, AKA “The Joker”
Agreed.
I wonder how many will flee across the border in unpaid for vehicles, then default on payments.
Excellent. Whatever lever can be pulled to get illegal aliens the hell out of the country, pull that lever.
If you came illegally being fined is irrelevant even if you’re caught and deported. You’d never pay the fine and you’d probably try to come illegally anyway but the borders closed at least for another 3 years.
Already happened -
this family self deported and were stopped by Mexican BP. They were in a financed truck they still owed $$$ on and it was seized along with $5000 in cash and all of their belongings. They have to provide a title to be able to keep it but, yes, that was the plan to steal the truck.
El f-cking boo hoo. Notice how the article tries to get everyone to feel pity.
‘They worked so hard and scraped together money and were only skeered, not criminals and and and had $5k (but didn’t use it to pay for their truck so they could leave with it legally) but wanted to have a car repair shop....... ‘
Reuters can f right off.
I am not a heartless woman but I am SICK of them and their attitudes AND their enablers aka the dems.
Yes, but, but THAT’S ILLEGAL! They can’t be fined without a court hearing and years worth of appeals. It’s just unconstitutional! /s/
I voted for this!
Levying a fine is easy but collecting the fine is problematic
My brother lives in Florida, he has two friends that are in their 70s, successful business men, but as it turns out illegals.
They are self deporting.
Don’t feel sorry for them, should have done it the right way to begin with
The bigger question is why and how are banks et al loaning money to illegals?
Note it wasn’t US Customs that took their possessions and truck.
Tricolor business was based on subprime auto loans to people like this couple and their bankruptcy was specifically driven by them returning home with their vehicles.
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