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Trump administration using massive civil fines to push self-deportations

WUNC News | By Aaron Sanchez-Guerra

Published October 1, 2026 at 4:42 AM EDT

Some undocumented immigrants face fines of more than a million dollars for failing to follow deportation orders from years ago.

Aaron Sanchez-Guerra