ICE rescinds civil penalties for failure to depart.
April 26, 2021
Department of Homeland Security announced that ICE has revoked two delegation orders related to the collection of civil financial penalties for those noncitizens who fail to depart the United States. ICE (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency) had begun the enforcement of civil penalties in 2018, but as of January 20, 2021, ICE stopped issuing these fines altogether. This cancellation marks ICE’s latest move toward focusing its limited resources on those posing the greatest risk to national security and public safety in accordance with the current guidance on civil immigration enforcement and removal priorities, which were issued on Feb. 18, 2021