The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) says it has issued 103,000 civil fines totaling about $84 billion to unauthorized immigrants since President Donald Trump took office. According to the reports, DHS has collected roughly $1.2 billion in payments related to the fines. One account describes the fines as being assessed at a rate of $998 per day for individuals who refuse to self-deport, and both sources attribute the figure of 103,000 fines to DHS’s activity during the Trump administration.
The outlets do not provide additional details in the excerpts about the specific legal basis for the fines, the criteria for how individuals are selected, or whether the fines are issued uniformly across cases. The reports also do not describe any appeals or enforcement outcomes. The information presented focuses on the overall totals—number of fines, cumulative amount assessed, and the amount DHS says it has collected—during the period covered by the Trump administration.
