Doubles civil penalties (with inflation adjustments) on employers for knowingly hiring unauthorized aliens, on aliens for failing to depart after a final removal order, and on aliens for improper entry, increasing the financial cost of violations and thus expanding the deterrent effect of federal (D
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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Increases the civil penalties in INA § 274A(e)(4)(A) for employers who hire unauthorized aliens (first offense from $250-$2,000 to $1,432-$11,448, with higher brackets for repeat violations and annual CPI-U inflation adjustments), raising the cost of violations and thereby strengthening employment-l
in clause (i), by striking ``$250 and not more than $2,000'' and inserting ``$1,432 and not more than $11,448'';
Doubles the civil penalty for improper entry under INA § 275(b) (from $50-$250 to $200-$1,000) and for failure to depart under INA § 274D (from $500 to $1,996), with annual inflation adjustments, increasing the financial consequences for unauthorized entry and presence and thereby expanding the cost
in paragraph (1)(A), as redesignated, by striking ``$50 and not more than $250'' and inserting ``$200 and not more than $1,000'';
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Stage: Committee · step 2 of 6
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2026-06-11: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill only increases civil monetary penalties (with inflation indexing) for three immigration violations: employer hiring of unauthorized workers, failure to depart after a removal order, and improper entry. These changes expand immigration enforcement by raising the financial cost of the prohibited conduct. No provisions address firearms, transgender issues, or abortion.