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CBP is reportedly hiring private investigators to chase deported immigrants abroad and collect fines that DHS said would be forgiven
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DHS has issued more than $84 billion in fines under a law from 1996As of July, the Department of Homeland Security says it has issued more than $84 billion in fines to immigrants accused of failing to leave the country.
The fines are based on a little-used part of a 1996 immigration law that went unused until Donald Trump’s first term.
https://t.co/CbjinmB2qr — WIRED (@WIRED) August 8, 2026Hasan Shafiqullah, the Legal Aid Society’s immigration supervising attorney, says he has seen third-party collection agencies add $500,000 in extra administrative fees on top of what the government already charges.
DHS says it will forgive these fines if people leave the country on their own using the CBP Home app.
At that point, the government said it had removed about 66,387 people who still owed CBP fines and penalties.