Article Summary

The article tells the story of an immigrant named Daniel who, after being ordered to leave the U.S., was hit with a $368,000 fine under a Trump-era policy that fines immigrants $998 a day for not departing. Despite wanting to pay, he and others like him can't figure out how — the government sent no clear instructions, the payment website doesn’t work with their information, and calls go unanswered. The piece highlights how people are being punished by a system that offers no real way to comply.