According to what the Trump administration is planning to launch an online record for illegal immigrants early this week, it would force immigrants who are not documented to provide personal information or face fines and arrest.
The mandatory record will require illegal immigrants, including minors over the age of 14, to provide fingerprints and home addresses, according to American citizens and immigration services.
The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday that immigrants who fail to register can be fined up to $ 5,000 and sentenced to six months in prison.
“Foreigners in this country face an illegal option,” read a memorandum from the Minister of Internal Security Christie Naim on the policy. “They can return to the home and follow the legal process to come to the United States, or they can deal with the consequences of continuing to violate our laws.”
This step is part of President Trump's efforts to enhance and enforce immigration laws in the country.
Under the current rules, immigrants in the country illegally commit a civil crime, rather than criminal, but they can still be arrested and deported.
The record aims to obtain illegal immigrants who did not have interactions with the government, such as searching for asylum or a work permit, on the radar of the Ministry of Internal Security.
Illegal immigrants will have 30 days to provide their personal information as soon as the registration site is run, according to the documents that the Wall Street Journal saw.
“Once a foreigner registered and the fingerprints appear (unless it is waived), the Ministry of National Security will issue evidence of registration, which foreigners who are over 18 years old must carry and maintain their possession at all times,” read a notice of American citizens Immigration is the site of services published on Tuesday.
“The legal commitment to all unregistered foreigners (or formerly registered children who are 14 years old) in the United States to comply with these requirements,” the notice continues. “The failure of compliance will lead to criminal and civil penalties, including the prosecution of misdemeanors and the payment of fines.”
Trump's first executive day – the American people's protection from the invasion – ordered the Ministry of National Security to establish the registry under Article 262 of the Immigration and Nationality Law and “Ensure that they do not comply as a civil and criminal enforcement priority.”
“Most foreigners have already registered in the United States, as required by law,” according to American citizens and immigration services. “However, a large number of foreigners in the United States did not have any direct way to register and meet their commitment under I 262.”
“In order for foreigners not registered for their duty under INA 262, USCis creates a new model and process they can record. No foreigner will have an excuse for failure to comply with this law.”
The agency notes that “registration is not a state of immigration, and that registration documents do not specify the employment license, any right or other benefit under the United States Law or any other American law.”
There is a precedent to create such a record.
In 1940, the United States government asked all immigrants to registration annually in an attempt to get rid of suspect communists. The record has proven very expensive to keep it and fell in the 1960s, according to the magazine.
Former President George W. Bush also established a record of immigration in the wake of the September 11 terrorist attacks.
The magazine stated that tens of thousands of immigrants who were registered as part of the Bush era program were arrested and deported.
The Ministry of Internal Security did not immediately respond to the publication of the publication for comment.
