Foreign nationals who are living in the US for more than 30 days must register with the government and a failure to do so can attract fines and imprisonment, the Donald Trump administration has said.
In a post titled ‘message to illegal aliens’, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) stressed the need for self-deportation.
“Foreign nationals present in the US for longer than 30 days must register with the federal government. Failure to comply is a crime punishable by fines and imprisonment,” it said in a tweet on Saturday.
“@POTUS Trump and @Sec_Noem have a clear message to Illegal aliens: Leave now and self-deport,” it said, tagging President Donald Trump’s office and Kristi Noem, the Secretary of DHS.
The DHS warned that if foreign nationals did not register or self-deport, they would be immediately deported “with no opportunity to get your affairs in order beforehand”.
It said that a fine of USD 998 per day (approx Rs 85,924) will be levied on those who stay beyond 30 days if they receive a final order to self-deport.
A fine of USD 1,000-5,000 (approx Rs 86,096 to Rs 4.30 lakh) will be imposed on those foreign nationals who fail to self-deport after informing the authorities that they will do so.
If foreign nationals fail to self-deport, they may be subjected to imprisonment and will be barred from reentering the US through the legal immigration system.
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