Federal Judge Blocks Trump from Imposing Civil Fines on Illegal Aliens
A federal judge in Massachusetts has blocked the Trump administration from enforcing a system that imposed massive civil fines on illegal aliens who remained in the United States after receiving final deportation orders.
U.S. District Judge George O’Toole Jr. issued the ruling Monday in Boston as part of a class-action lawsuit brought by two illegal aliens and the Immigrant Legal Resource Center.
The case challenges the Department of Homeland Security’s expanded use of financial penalties against people who fail to leave the country after being ordered removed.
Under the administration’s system, some illegal aliens faced fines approaching $1.8 million.
“The illegal aliens live in an economically precarious position even without the imposition of the government’s exorbitant fines,” O’Toole wrote.
He said enforcing the penalties could push affected illegal aliens into insolvency.
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