DHS Announces It Will Enforce Laws That Impose Penalties on Undocumented Immigrants

DHS Secretary Kristi Noem announced that DHS will use multiple tools to track undocumented immigrants, and may impose criminal penalties for certain noncitizens who willfully fail to depart the United States, fail to register with the federal government and be fingerprinted, or fail to apprise the federal government of changes to their address. The announcement states that an undocumented immigrant’s failure to depart the United States could result in significant financial penalty, and failure to register could result in a fine, imprisonment, or both.