Imposition and Collection of Civil Penalties for Certain Immigration-Related Violations

Document 2025-11965 is a Final Rule published by the Department of Justice in the Federal Register on June 27, 2025, with an effective date of June 27, 2025. This interim final rule ("IFR") amends existing DHS and DOJ regulations. It provides exclusive DHS procedures for the issuance of civil monetary penalties under the Immigration and Nationality Act for aliens who fail to depart voluntarily during the voluntary departure period, willfully fail or refuse to depart after a final removal order and certain other proscribed activities, or are apprehended while improperly entering or attempting to enter the United States. The IFR also transfers the appeals process for these penalties from DOJ's Board of Immigration Appeals to DHS. View the original at https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/06/27/2025-11965/imposition-and-collection-of-civil-penalties-for-certain-immigration-related-violations.

No. Document 2025-11965 is not classified as economically significant under Executive Order 12866. Economically significant rules require OIRA review and are estimated to have impacts of $100 million or more per year.