Florida woman fined $ 1.82m to ignore 2005 exile order

CBS News reported that a 41 -year -old immigrant from Honduras, who lives in Florida, was killed with a $ 1.82 million civil fine to fail to leave the United States after receiving exile orders nearly two decades ago. The mother of three American citizen children, the woman, was fined $ 500 for each day, when she was issued a removal order in April 2005 from immigration and customs enforcement (ICE) as per a notice on 9 May.Immigration Attorney Mitchell Sanchez, who is representing the woman, was quoted by CBS News, saying that the fines in their experience are unprecedented. Sanchez said, “The snow is terrorizing individuals, even to take them to pick them up.” “They are terrorizing them by sending these notices, where they are paying a fine on individuals on a high amount that a person never makes even in his lifetime.”The case marks a rare enforcement of civilian punishment under the 1952 Immigration and Nationality Act, which had long dormant to a large extent until the Trump administration revived it as part of its aggressive immigration agenda. The Trump administration has recently unveiled a “self-reliance program”, which offers free flights and even financial bonuses to unwarded migrants if they voluntarily leave the US through the CBP Home App.In his defense, Sanchez said that exile order was issued in 2005 when his client was missed after missing a court hearing. In 2024, she filed a resolution to reopen the case, arguing that the woman lived in the US for 10 years without a criminal record and was eligible for a legal residence. The request was rejected in March, cited by the Trump administration a lack of the discretionary guidelines of the updated prosecution.According to CBS News, the Fine notice sent to Florida woman provided an option to request an interview to combat the allegations. But Sanchez warned against appearing in a person without a legal lawyer. “They are going into the lion’s den,” he said, his customer was never informed about the results of ignoring the order to remove the removal.While President Trump insisted that the new exile policy would “save the billions of American taxpayers,” critics argue that it is creating fear and crisis in immigrant communities. A former ICE officer, Scott Shuchart, under Biden, was quoted by Reuters, saying, “His point is not really not to implement the law, it is to project fear in communities.”