自特朗普重返白宫以来，国土安全部已累计开出超10.3万笔民事罚款，总额约840亿美元
2026年10月7日 美国东部时间凌晨2:44 / 福克斯新闻频道
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一名联邦法官阻止了特朗普政府试图向收到最终驱逐令后仍未离境的移民处以最高180万美元罚款的举措。
美国波士顿地区联邦法官乔治·奥图尔周一发布了该项裁决，以回应去年由数千名遭国土安全部处以民事罚款的移民中的两人提起的集体诉讼。
该法官批准了原告方的初步救济请求，认定政府实施罚款的程序违反联邦法律，并称面临罚款的移民本就“经济拮据”，此举可能将他们推向“破产”境地。
“即便没有政府这笔天价罚款，原告们本就处于经济拮据的处境，”他写道。
国土安全部在特朗普政府时期向非法移民开出840亿美元罚款
一名联邦法官阻止了特朗普政府试图向收到最终驱逐令后仍未离境的移民处以最高180万美元罚款的举措。（吉姆·沃森 摄 / 法新社通过盖蒂图片社）
“他们可能面临原本就微薄的工资被扣押、车辆和房产被没收、联邦追债诉讼以及其他不利的连带后果，”奥图尔补充道，“如果原告最终在本案中胜诉，没有迹象表明仅仅要求政府撤销罚款通知就能——甚至在当时都无法——让原告们恢复原状或让处境回到从前。”
作为前总统比尔·克林顿任命的法官，奥图尔介绍了原告们的情况：他们从事低薪工作，为躲避政治暴力来到美国。
“原告南希·M被处以超过180万美元的罚款，”奥图尔写道，“她打两份工，每周工作超过60小时，是一名体力劳动者，她表示严重的焦虑已经影响到她的睡眠、饮食和正常生活。”
该法官还认定，政府的罚款通知书违反了《行政程序法》，未提供具体指控说明为何某个人的行为应受到处罚。
该法官裁定政府非法实施罚款，并称面临罚款的移民本就“经济拮据”，此举可能将他们推向“破产”境地。（克里斯托弗·迪尔茨 摄 / 盖蒂图片社）
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就在今年7月，国土安全部曾表示，自唐纳德·特朗普总统2025年1月重返白宫以来，该部门已向移民开出超10.3万笔罚款，总额约840亿美元。
国土安全部为这些罚款进行了辩护，称收到最终驱逐令后仍拒绝离境的人员可能面临每日998美元的罚款。
尽管国会在1996年《非法移民改革和移民责任法》中授权可实施民事罚款，但在特朗普第一任期之前，没有任何一届政府尝试过征收此类罚款。
去年，特朗普政府开始对收到最终驱逐令后仍未离境的移民处以每日998美元的罚款。罚款可追溯至最长五年前，最高罚款金额为180万美元。
20个州起诉阻挠特朗普政府一项旨在加大移民获取签证、绿卡难度的规则
国土安全部曾表示，自唐纳德·特朗普总统2025年1月重返白宫以来，该部门已向移民开出超10.3万笔罚款，总额约840亿美元。（盖蒂图片社）
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2025年7月，国土安全部和司法部实施了多项改革，旨在简化罚款评估流程，取消30天通知期，并缩短对罚款提出异议的流程。
原告方成功挑战了该项政策，他们称移民海关执法局采用模板化表格开具罚款，未独立评估个人未离境是否属于“故意”或“自愿”行为。
奥图尔还认定，政府在实施简化罚款流程时未遵守规则制定程序，因为它未给予公众就政策变更先行发表意见的机会。
国会议员试图通过《移民和国籍法》挑战政府对移民的罚款措施。加利福尼亚州民主党参议员亚历克斯·帕迪拉和伊利诺伊州民主党参议员迪克·德宾敦促国土安全部和司法部暂停对该法律中“某些民事罚款的不当适用”，以保护“守法移民”。
路透社对本篇报道亦有贡献。
Federal judge blocks Trump administration fines of up to $1.8M for migrants
DHS has issued more than 103,000 civil penalties totaling about $84 billion since the president returned to the White House
October 7, 2026 2:44am EDT / Fox News
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A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration’s attempts to fine migrants up to $1.8 million for failing to leave the country after receiving final deportation orders.
U.S. District Judge George O’Toole in Boston issued the ruling on Monday in response to a class-action lawsuit filed last year by two of the thousands of migrants who have received civil penalties from the Department of Homeland Security.
The judge granted preliminary relief to the plaintiffs, finding that the administration’s process for imposing the fines violated federal law, and that migrants in the “economically precarious position” of addressing the fines could be pushed into “insolvency.”
“The plaintiffs live in an economically precarious position even without the imposition of the government’s exorbitant fines,” he wrote.
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A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration’s attempts to fine migrants up to $1.8 million for failing to leave the country after receiving final deportation orders.(Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP via Getty Images)
“They face the possible garnishment of their already modest wages, loss of any vehicles and homes, federal collections lawsuits and other adverse collateral consequences,” O’Toole added. “If they were ultimately successful in this suit, there is no indication that simply requiring the government to vacate their fine notices would –– or even could, at that point –– make the plaintiffs whole or return the circumstances to the status quo.”
O’Toole, an appointee of former President Bill Clinton, described how the plaintiffs worked for low salaries and had come to the U.S. to escape political violence.
“Nancy M. was fined over $1.8 million,” O’Toole wrote, referring to one of the plaintiffs. “She is a laborer working over 60 hours a week with two jobs, and she reports feeling serious anxiety affecting her ability to sleep, eat and live a normal life.”
The judge also found that the administration’s fine notices violated the Administrative Procedure Act by failing to provide specific allegations explaining why an individual’s conduct warranted a penalty.
The judge ruled that the administration unlawfully imposed the fines and that migrants in the “economically precarious position” of addressing the fines could be pushed into “insolvency.”(Christopher Dilts/Getty Images)
Fox News Digital reached out to DHS for comment.
As recently as July, DHS said it had issued more than 103,000 fines to migrants totaling about $84 billion since President Donald Trump returned to the White House in January 2025.
DHS has defended the penalties, saying people who refuse to leave the country after receiving a final order of removal could face fines of $998 per day.
Although Congress authorized civil penalties under the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996, no administration had attempted to impose the fines until Trump’s first term.
Last year, the Trump administration began imposing fines of $998 per day for migrants who did not leave the country following a final order of deportation. The fines have been imposed retroactively for up to five years, with a maximum penalty of $1.8 million.
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DHS said it had issued more than 103,000 fines to migrants totaling about $84 billion since President Donald Trump returned to the White House in January 2025.(Getty Images)
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In July 2025, DHS and the Department of Justice implemented changes aimed at streamlining the assessment of fines by scrapping a 30-day notice period and shortening the process for challenging penalties.
The plaintiffs successfully challenged that policy and what they described as an Immigration and Customs Enforcement policy of issuing fines using boilerplate forms without independently assessing whether a person’s failure to leave was “willful” or “voluntary.”
O’Toole also found that the administration had failed to comply with rulemaking processes in implementing its streamlined fine-imposition process because it did not offer the public a chance to first comment on the policy change.
Congressional lawmakers have attempted to challenge the administration’s fines against migrants through the Immigration and Nationality Act. Sens. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., and Dick Durbin, D-Ill., urged DHS and DOJ to pause the “improper application of certain civil penalties” in the law to “law-abiding immigrants.”
Reuters contributed to this report.