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Appellate Board Sustains $3K Fine on Alien Who Failed to Voluntarily Depart

Congress intends DHS to enforce the law, and for now, at least — that's what's happening.

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Congress intends DHS to enforce the law, and for now, at least — that's what's happening.

If you want to see what decades of non-enforcement of the INA looks like, consider R-P-L-, an alien granted the privilege of leaving voluntarily, but who for more than 20 years abused that privilege and...

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Congress intends DHS to enforce the law, and for now, at least — that's what's happening. If you want to see what decades of non-enforcement of the INA looks like, consider R-P-L-, an alien granted the privilege of leaving voluntarily, but who for more than 20 years abused that privilege and remained in the futile hope he could legally stay.

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If you want to see what decades of non-enforcement of the INA looks like, consider R-P-L-, an alien granted the privilege of leaving voluntarily, but who for more than 20 years abused that privilege and remained in the futile hope he could legally stay.

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