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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Brendan Rascius

Trump team sues immigrant for $1M after she failed to leave US despite court order

Donald Trump’s administration has filed a nearly $1 million lawsuit against an immigrant who stayed in the United States despite a court order to leave.

The lawsuit reflects the administration’s broader strategy to pressure undocumented immigrants to leave the country by slapping them with substantial financial penalties — constituting just one part of the president’s government-wide anti-immigration campaign.

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