CBS News learned that the undocumented immigrant residing in Florida is facing a fine of more than $ 1.82 million for failing to leave the country after receiving an order to remove 20 years ago.
According to the notice that was sent on May 9 by the Civil Fine Department to enforce immigration and customs, and presented to CBS News, the 41 -year -old Florida woman and a three -year -old, who chose CBS News unnamed, was imposed on $ 500 per day that remained in the United States since the removal order was issued in April 2005, where it was a total of 1,821,350.
CBS News contacted ICE to comment.
This issue represents the enforcement of the civil fines listed under 1952 Immigration and Nationality LawWhich also requires non -documented immigrants to register with the United States government, according to Michel Sanchez, the lawyer in Florida, who represents Honduran immigrant.
In February, Trump Administration She announced her plans To punish those who live in the United States illegally under the Immigration Law. It includes a set of regulations, but has rarely applied since its implementation.
According to Sanchez, the removal order was issued after women failed to appear in a court hearing in 2005.
In 2024, Sanchez submitted a proposal to reopen her client’s issue and raise the removal order, on the pretext that Honduran was eligible to apply for the United States’ residence because she was residing in the United States for more than 10 years without a criminal record.
Sanchez said that her client is also a mother of three American citizens who will be qualified relatives because they suffer from intense and unusual difficulties if they are deported.
Under the Biden Administration, ICE lawyers were granted a discretionary authority to reopen cases to raise removal orders. Hundreds of thousands of these requests were left waiting, according to Sacris. In March, Ice told Florida’s immigration lawyer that they were unable to reopen its client’s case because the Trump administration had not instructed this estimate.
CBS News told that she had seen an ice height export fines to her customers illegally, but a $ 1 million civil fine is first.
Sanchez said: “The ice is hungry individuals without having even forced to pick them up,” Sanchez said. “They are terrifying them by sending these notifications as they feed individuals an exorbitant amount of money that a person sometimes does not make until this amount is in their lives.”
The notice sent to Florida’s mother indicates that the fine can compete, and that requesting a personal interview to do this is an option.
“They go to the lion’s den,” Sanchez said, adding that anyone receiving such a notice must first communicate with the immigration lawyer before he appears personally to call fines.
Sanchez notes that she will appeal to her client’s fine because Hounduran’s mother has never been notified of the consequences of failure to leave the United States as soon as the removal order is issued.
Sanchez said: “I welcome the regulatory application of the Immigration Law and welcome our protection, but laws must be respected and if rights are crushed, there must be consequences,” Sanchez said.
