Consequence 1 - immediate deportation. What does that even mean? Some people are eligible to stay here. There is no "immediate deportation" just for fighting for your rights and asking a judge for permission to stay here. #2 involves fines. I have zero idea where they get the $998 number from. 9
I posted the statute above. The penalty is $500 per day. It's not $998 a day. And the reference to $1000 to $5000 is for people convicted of willfully refusing to depart after a removal order. So the government doesn't just get to charge that fee. That's not a thing. 10
"Barred from returning" is also a lie. INA 212a9Ai says that someone who has been removed/deported can't be admitted again for 10 years. But it also says that you can ask for permission to come back earlier. And they grant that all the time - see Form I-212. So, no. It's not forever. 11
It is offensive that this is being handed to people who show up to their immigration court hearings. And that it communicates false information that will convince people who have the right to due process that the outcome is pre-decided and they ought to just leave. And then get an in absentia order.
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