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

What it does

On June 27, 2025, the Departments issued an interim final rule ("IFR") to streamline assessment of civil penalties under the Immigration and Nationality Act ("INA") for aliens who fail to depart during a 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. This final rule addresses comments and finalizes the IFR with one change: it permits acceptance of a late-filed appeal based on documented mail delivery delays that ICE finds were beyond the alien's control.

The Executive Office for Immigration Review's summary, as published in the Federal Register.

What changed in the regulation

3 parts of Title 8 of the Code of Federal Regulations:

8 CFR 281, 8 CFR 1003, 8 CFR 1280

Wording on eCFR: the day before it took effect and from the day it took effect (first part listed).

Compared with

The Executive Office for Immigration Review has published 5 final rules in 2026 so far, compared with 2 in all of 2025.

Counted by the Tribune from Federal Register records since Jan. 1, 2025.

Before this

1 earlier Federal Register document under regulation identifier 1125-AB36, 1653-AA96 since Jan. 1, 2025.

• June 27, 2025 Interim final rule; request for comment. Imposition and Collection of Civil Penalties for Certain Immigration-Related Violations

What happens next and when

The effective date of this final rule is October 14, 2026.

The agency's dates, word for word.

Check it yourself

• The document in the Federal Register
• Docket ICEB-2025-0034 on Regulations.gov
• Title 8 on eCFR

The record as published

Source: the Federal Register (public domain). The document in the Federal Register