Trump Plans to Fine Illegal Immigrants $998 a Day for Failing to Leave US, Plus Property Seizure
Crossroads with Joshua Philipp
The Epoch Times
4.9 • 594 Ratings
🗓️ 10 April 2025
⏱️ 70 minutes
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Summary
It could soon be expensive to be an illegal immigrant in the United States. A law from 1996 is now being enforced by the Department of Homeland Security, which can fine illegal immigrants up to $998 each day they refuse to leave the country, and can also allow the government to seize their assets. In addition to this, the White House is promoting a hotline for immigration enforcement, where anyone can anonymously report illegal immigrants to authorities. And alongside this, the Trump administration has now won a Supreme Court case on the enforcement of the Alien Enemies Act.
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| 0:00.0 | Illegal immigrants could now be fined for not leaving the country. |
| 0:04.8 | A law from 1996 is going to be enforced by Homeland Security and it's going to see illegal |
| 0:09.7 | immigrants being fined close to $1,000 every single day and potentially having their assets |
| 0:16.0 | seized for not leaving the United States after receiving orders for deportation. |
| 0:23.9 | And guess what else just happened? All in time for this. Well, the Supreme Court just ruled in Trump's favor, allowing him to continue using the Alien |
| 0:30.7 | Enemies Act for deportations. And in addition to this, the DHS just canceled the legal status of every single person who entered the United States using the CBP1 app under the previous administration. |
| 0:46.5 | Also, tariff talks are heating up, and Trump has now responded with a counteroffer to the European Union. |
| 0:52.4 | They wanted zero-for-zero tariffs on industrial goods. |
| 0:56.4 | Trump now has an offer back to that. |
| 0:58.8 | I'm the Epic Times Senior Investigator reporter Joshua Phillip, |
| 1:02.4 | and you're listening to Crossroads. |
| 1:08.0 | It could soon be risky for an illegal immigrant in the United States because guess what? |
| 1:15.5 | In 1996 law, meaning it's already in place, they don't have to pass it again, already there, |
| 1:20.8 | is just being enforced. |
| 1:22.7 | They changed it a little bit. |
| 1:24.5 | The DHS can now fine illegal immigrants up to $998 a day that they refuse to leave |
| 1:31.0 | the country. And it's not even like every day going forward. It's even retroactively and they can |
| 1:37.4 | seize the assets of these individuals. In addition to this, the White House is promoting a hotline |
| 1:42.8 | for immigrant enforcement where anyone |
| 1:45.0 | can anonymously report illegal immigrants to authorities to have them deported. And alongside this, |
| 1:50.8 | the Trump administration has now won a Supreme Court case on the enforcement of the Alien |
| 1:55.3 | Enemies Act. Now, like, first off, on the policy to fine illegal immigrants for not leaving the country. |
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