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An undocumented migrant who resides successful Florida is facing a much than $1.82 cardinal good for failing to permission the state aft receiving a removal bid 20 years ago, CBS News has learned.
According to the announcement sent May 9 by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement's civilian fines section and provided to CBS News, the 41-year-old Florida pistillate and parent of three, who CBS News has chosen not to name, was charged $500 for each time she has remained successful the U.S. since the removal bid was issued successful April 2005, moving up a full of $1,821,350.
CBS News has reached retired to ICE for comment.
This lawsuit represents an enforcement of the civilian fines listed nether the 1952 Immigration and Nationality Act, which besides requires undocumented immigrants to registry with the U.S. government.
In February, the Trump medication announced its plans to penalize those surviving successful the U.S. illegally nether that migration act. It encompasses a scope of regulations but has historically seldom been enforced since its implementation.
According to Michelle Sanchez, the Florida-based migration lawyer representing the Honduran immigrant, the removal bid was issued aft the pistillate failed to amusement up to a tribunal proceeding successful 2005.
In 2024, Sanchez filed a question to reopen her client's lawsuit and person the removal bid lifted, arguing the Honduran pistillate was eligible to use for U.S. residency due to the fact that she had resided successful the U.S. for much than 10 years with nary transgression record.
Sanchez said her lawsuit is besides a parent of 3 U.S. national children who would beryllium qualifying relatives arsenic they would endure utmost and exceptionally antithetic hardships if she were deported.
Under the Biden administration, ICE attorneys were fixed discretion to reopen cases to assistance removal orders. Hundreds of thousands of these requests were near pending, however, according to Sanchez. In March, ICE notified the Florida migration lawyer they could not reopen her client's lawsuit due to the fact that the Trump medication did not connection guidance connected specified prosecutorial discretion.
Sanchez told CBS News she has seen an uptick successful ICE issuing fines to her clients who stay successful the state illegally, but the cardinal dollar civilian good marks a first.
"ICE is terrorizing individuals without adjacent having to spell prime them up," Sanchez said. "They are terrorizing them by sending these notices wherever they are fining individuals an exorbitant magnitude of wealth that a idiosyncratic sometimes doesn't adjacent marque that magnitude successful their lifetime."
The announcement sent to the Florida parent of 3 indicates that the good tin beryllium contested, and that requesting a idiosyncratic interrogation to bash truthful is an option.
"They're going into the lion's den," Sanchez said, adding that anyone who receives specified a announcement should archetypal scope retired to their migration lawyer earlier showing up successful idiosyncratic to contention fines.
Sanchez indicates she volition beryllium appealing her client's good arsenic the Hounduran parent was ne'er advised of the consequences of failing to depart the U.S. erstwhile the removal bid was issued.
"I invited the orderly exertion of migration instrumentality and I invited CBP protecting us," Sanchez said, "but the laws person to beryllium respected and if rights are trampled, determination has to beryllium consequences."
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- U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
- Undocumented Immigrants
- Honduras
- United States Department of Homeland Security
- Florida
Nidia Cavazos is simply a 2024 run newsman for CBS News.
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