President Donald Trump of the United States has proposed significant fines, potential imprisonment or both for illegal immigrants who fail to register with the federal government.
The directive was issued by the Department of Homeland Security on Tuesday.
“The Trump administration will enforce all our immigration laws — we will not pick and choose which laws we will enforce. We must know who is in our country for the safety and security of our homeland and all Americans,” a department spokesperson said.
According to the US Citizenship and Immigration Services website, all immigrants over the age of 14 who were not fingerprinted or registered when applying for a US visa and who remain in the United States for 30 days or longer are required to register and be fingerprinted.
The website said once an immigrant has registered and been fingerprinted, the Department of Homeland Security will issue evidence of registration, which must be carried by immigrants over the age of 18 at all times.
Trump, on his return to office last month, declared illegal immigration at the Mexico border a national emergency and directed the department to ensure that immigrants register with the federal government.
The administration has sought to shut down the previous Biden administration’s One entry program, which had allowed hundreds of thousands of migrants to enter the US legally by scheduling an appointment on an app.
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