Imposition and Collection of Civil Penalties for Certain Immigration-Related Violations

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• Document number: 2025-11965
• Type: Final Rule
• Published: June 27, 2025
• Effective: June 27, 2025
• Agency: Homeland Security Department; U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement; Justice Department; Executive Office for Immigration Review

Official abstract

This interim final rule ("IFR") amends existing DHS and DOJ regulations. It provides exclusive DHS procedures for the issuance of civil monetary penalties under the Immigration and Nationality Act for aliens who fail to depart voluntarily during the voluntary departure period, willfully fail or refuse to depart after a final removal order and certain other proscribed activities, or are apprehended while improperly entering or attempting to enter the United States. The IFR also transfers the appeals process for these penalties from DOJ's Board of Immigration Appeals to DHS.

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