Being an Illegal Alien is About to Get Expensive

Refusing to self-deport is about to get pricey! The Trump administration has announced it will begin to enforce daily fines against illegal immigrants who fail to remove themselves, and I think I’m in love with the 1996 law which will allow them to do so.

The Daily Wire reports:

The Trump administration’s Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will fine migrants nearly $1,000 every day they stay in the United States past the date of their deportation order.

The Trump DHS will enforce a 1996 law that allows it to impose a fine of $998 on migrants for every day they stay past the date of their removal order. The administration says it will enforce the penalties retroactively to cover up to five years, resulting in fines of more than $1 million against offenders.

The government could even seize the assets of migrants who refuse to leave the United States on their own accord despite having an order of removal.

What I want to know is why our country hasn’t been enforcing this law until now. If I speed, I get a ticket, and I am fined. Entering a country illegally seems like a lot steeper crime for the perpetrator to face no financial penalty.

Is it going to be hard to collect these fines? Absolutely—you know the whole “blood out of a stone” saying. But I do think the threat of these fines sends the right message: get out, or we will come find you, AND make your wallet hurt on top of it.