A bill to double the civil penalties for aliens who enter or attempt to enter the United States without authorization, aliens subject to a final order of removal who fail or refuse to depart from the United States, and employers that knowingly hire aliens who are not authorized to work in the United States.
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Latest Action · June 11, 2026
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
The Illegal Immigration Cost Recovery Act would significantly increase civil penalties for three categories of immigration violations. First, it would quadruple penalties for employers who knowingly hire unauthorized workers, raising fines from a range of $250 to $10,000 per violation to $1,432 to $57,238 depending on the offense severity. Second, it would nearly quadruple the penalty for immigrants who fail to leave the United States after receiving a removal order, increasing it from $500 to $1,996. Third, it would quadruple penalties for illegal border entry, raising fines from $50 to $250 to $200 to $1,000. All three penalty categories would be automatically adjusted annually for inflation starting October 1, 2027, with the Department of Homeland Security publishing updated amounts by December 15 each year for implementation on January 1 of the following year.
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