The Trump administration has levied billions in fines against illegal migrants who have refused deportation orders, according to a report.

Immigrants have been fined at least $6.1 billion since President Trump took office in January, with some people facing millions in fines for staying in the US years after they were ordered to leave, the Wall Street Journal reported.

In total, 21,500 fines have been issued, sometimes to the tune of nearly $1,000 for every day stayed past removal orders. 3

One migrant, a Brooklyn restaurant worker who was ordered to leave the country in 1998, was fined $1.8 million in June after daily fines were applied retroactively.

Those facing fines have been threatened with lawsuits by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), hounded by debt collectors

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