President Donald Trump’s administration is reportedly planning to create a registry for illegal aliens in the U.S. to submit their personal information to or else face criminal charges.
Documents obtained by The Wall Street Journal from the administration show that anyone 14 years of age and older will be required to submit their fingerprints and home addresses to the registry or face criminal prosecution.
Those who do not comply could face up to six months in prison and a $5,000 fine.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem wrote in a memo describing the new policy that those in the U.S. illegally face a choice.
“They can return home and follow the legal process to come to the United States or they can deal with the consequences of continuing to violate our laws,” she wrote.
The plan relies on the use of a 1940 immigration law that was designed to catch suspected communists….
