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What the document says
This interim final rule ("IFR") amends existing DHS and DOJ regulations. It provides exclusive DHS procedures for the issuance of civil monetary penalties under the Immigration and Nationality Act for aliens who fail to depart voluntarily during the voluntary departure period, willfully fail or refuse to depart after a final removal order and certain other proscribed activities, or are apprehended while improperly entering or attempting to enter the United States. The IFR also transfers the appeals process for these penalties from DOJ's Board of Immigration Appeals to DHS.
Who the document names
This document sets the rule but leaves the specific list of who it covers to a separate government determination. The list is not in this document, so we do not show one here. Check the issuing agency's own published list. “…the supervisory immigration officer who issued the final decision shall furnish a copy of the decision and order to all other relevant immigration officers within the Department as designated by the Secretary of Homeland Security.”
A requirement the document states
“Aliens ordered removed through these processes, however, generally must be detained for removal, see INA 235(b)(1)(B)(ii), (B)(iii)(IV), 241(a)(2), 8 U.S.C. 1225(b)(1)(B)(ii), (B)(iii)(IV), 1231(a)(2), which reduces the likelihood of an alien's failure to depart.”
Whether it applies to a particular person depends on facts this record does not have.
Related changes
Final ruleStated effective date Oct 14, 2026
On June 27, 2025, the Departments issued an interim final rule ("IFR") to streamline assessment of civil penalties under the Immigration and Nationality Act ("INA") for aliens who fail to depart during a voluntary departure period, willfully fail or refuse to depart after a final removal order and certain other proscribed activities, or are apprehended while improperly entering or attempting to enter the United States. This final rule addresses comments and finalizes the IFR with one change: it permits acceptance of a late-filed appeal based on documented mail delivery delays that ICE finds were beyond the alien's control.
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- Published
- Jun 27, 2025
- Source
- Federal Register, checked Aug 2, 2026
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