Immigration Judge Contempt Civil Money Penalties

Current understanding

To be populated as evidence accumulates.

2026-10-14 — Imposition and Collection of Civil Penalties for Certain Immigration-Related Violations: cross-connection with immigration-civil-penalties: Parallel civil money penalty regimes in immigration enforcement — one administered by DHS against noncitizens for departure/entry violations, the other by immigration judges for contempt. (novelty: 3)
2026-07-30 — Civil Money Penalty for Actions in Contempt of an Immigration Judge’s Proper Exercise of Authority: DOJ proposed rule would implement long-dormant INA civil money penalty authority, empowering Immigration Judges to sanction contempt of their proper authority with a full procedural framework covering findings, penalty determination, payment, appeal, oversight, and conforming changes to practitioner discipline rules. (novelty: 3)