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The Biden administration is easing up on scofflaw illegal immigrants by pulling the plug on President Trumps program to fine them for defying court-issued deportation orders and forgiving all the debts racked up under the policy.

We can enforce our immigration laws without resorting to ineffective and unnecessary punitive measures, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said Friday.

Under a Trump-issued January 2017 executive order, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued steep fines to non-citizens who refused to leave the country when ordered to do so.

Penalties started at $3,000 and could mount by up to $500 a day in one case adding up to a staggering $497,777, NPR reported in 2019.

But the agency was unable to collect on most of the bills, CNN reported, only recouping about 1 percent of the fines issued.

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The Department of Homeland Security stopped issuing penalties in January, the agency said and added that it intends to work with the Department of Treasury to cancel the existing debts of those who had been fined.

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Biden forgives Trump's fines on illegal immigrants who refused deportation - New York Post