The Trump administration has quietly hired private debt collectors to pursue immigrants with multimillion-dollar civil penalties for not leaving the country. - Fines total an estimated $6 billion on over 20,000 immigrants.
- Immigrants face nearly $1,000 per day fines for overstaying deportation orders. - A man in Riverside County was fined $1.8 million.
- The program is run by the Department of Homeland Security and targets individuals in cities like Homeland, California. The investigation by The Lever highlights the aggressive enforcement tactics used by the administration.