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DHS and ICE implement OBBBA immigration enforcement fees

  1. Original Date Announced

    September 8, 2025

    DHS and ICE published a notice in the Federal Register implementing certain immigration enforcement-related fees required by the OBBBA. The fees implemented in this notice are for (1) noncitizens who are ordered removed in absentia pursuant to INA 240(b)(5) and are subsequently arrested by ICE; and (2) inadmissible noncitizens who are apprehended between ports of entry.

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    2025.09.08 90 FR 43223 Certain DHS Immigration Enforcement-Related Fees Required by HR-1
  2. Effective Date

    September 8, 2025
  3. Subsequent Trump and Court Action

    October 24, 2025

    2025.10.24 The Intercept - DHS Is Billing Unaccompanied Immigrant Kids $5,000

    The Intercept reports that DHS has sent $5,000 fines to unaccompanied immigrant children and teenagers for illegally entering the United States. The "Inadmissible alien apprehension fee" was created by the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Fine recipients include minors in New York, Michigan, Texas, and Pennsylvania, and include some who are currently living in Office of Refugee Resettlement shelters.

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