DHS Will No Longer Fine Illegal Aliens Who Refuse to Leave the Country; Grant an Amnesty for any Fines Already Imposed; Deportations and Arrests of Immigrants in the U.S. Illegally Fall Sharply Under Biden

DHS Will No Longer Fine Illegal Aliens Who Refuse to Leave the Country:

As part of its policy of reducing any legal entanglements that might arise from entering America illegally, the Biden administration announced Friday that it will no longer fine illegal immigrant scofflaws who fail to leave the country when ordered to do so.

Because fines were collected under the Trump administration, the Department of Homeland Security is also acting to have any debts canceled for illegal immigrants who owe the government money.

“There is no indication that these penalties promoted compliance with noncitizens’ departure obligations,” said Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas, according to a news release on the DHS website. “We can enforce our immigration laws without resorting to ineffective and unnecessary punitive measures.”

The release said that the action to end Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s authority to levy the fines came after a review by Mayorkas and Acting ICE Director Tae Johnson.

They decided the fines “were not effective and had not meaningfully advanced the interests of the agency.” —>READ MORE HERE

Biden’s DHS cancels fines for illegal immigrants who refused to leave U.S.:

Homeland Security announced Friday it was canceling fines for illegal immigrants who refused to leave, and would grant an amnesty for any fines already imposed by the Trump administration.

Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said the fines weren’t having much effect and so he saw no need to leave them in place.

“We can enforce our immigration laws without resorting to ineffective and unnecessary punitive measures,” he said in a statement.

Mr. Mayorkas did not detail the data on fines that he said led him to believe they were not effective.

He said the department will work with the Treasury Department to cancel the fines migrants had already racked up. —>READ MORE HERE

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