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Pedro Camacho

Trump Administration Looks to Collect Over $6 Billion in Fines on Immigrants With Deportation Orders: Report

Federal agents wait outside a courtroom at New York Federal Plaza Immigration Court (Credit: Photo by CHARLY TRIBALLEAU/AFP via Getty Images)

The Trump administration is seeking to collect more than $6 billion in fines from immigrants who have ignored deportation orders, according to a new sprawling report from The Wall Street Journal.

Since President Trump's return to office, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has issued 21,500 fines totaling $6.1 billion, part of a broader strategy to encourage self-deportations and advance what Trump has called the largest deportation campaign in U.S. history.

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