DENVER – Two undocumented immigrants currently living in sanctuary in churches in the Denver area have been threatened by the Trump administration with fines of thousands of dollars in civil penalties for disobeying their deportation orders.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Washington, D.C. headquarters sent the notifications to the two immigrants and several others across the country earlier this week.
One of the immigrants living in Colorado faces a fine of approximately $500,000 while the other faces a potential fine of $4,700, Denver7 reported. The Washington Post first publicly reported the notice of the larger fine on Tuesday.
ICE is allowed under the Immigration and Nationality Act to impose civil fines against immigrants who have been ordered to be removed or who have been granted voluntary departure and do not leave the country, its headquarters said.
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