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Sen. Rick Scott Introduces Bill to Double Civil Penalties on Illegal Aliens, Employers Who Hire Them

Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) introduced legislation Thursday that would raise civil fines on illegal aliens who enter or attempt to enter the United States unlawfully or fail to leave after being ordered removed, while also increasing penalties for employers who knowingly hire unauthorized workers.

Scott’s bill, titled the “Illegal Immigration Cost Recovery Act,” is being cosponsored by Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) and Sen. Tim Sheehy (R-MT).

The legislation would amend federal immigration law to increase civil financial penalties for three categories covered in the bill text: 1) aliens who “enter or attempt to enter the United States without authorization”; 2) aliens “subject to a final order of removal who fail or refuse to depart from the United States”; and 3) employers that “knowingly hire aliens who are not authorized to work in the United States.”

The bill says that civil penalties for improper entry would rise from the current range of $50 to $250 to a new range of $200 to $1,000. The bill would also raise the civil penalty for failure to depart from $500 to $1,996.

The measure would also increase employer penalties for knowingly hiring unauthorized aliens. For a first offense, the bill would raise the penalty range from $250 to $2,000 to a new range of $1,432 to $11,448. For a second offense, the penalty range would rise from $2,000 to $5,000 to $11,448 to $28,616. For subsequent offenses, the penalty range would increase from $3,000 to $10,000 to $17,172 to $57,238.

The bill would require annual inflation adjustments for the revised civil penalties beginning October 1, 2027, using the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers. The Secretary of Homeland Security would be required to publish the updated amounts in the Federal Register by December 15 each year, with the adjusted amounts applying to penalties assessed on or after January 1 of the following year.

Scott exclusively told Breitbart News, “Illegal immigration is — in fact — illegal and has consequences. President Trump is working hard to restore law and order, and we in Congress need to do our part to help. Decades of open border policies have created an enormous and unfair cost burden on Americans that needs to be offset to make things right; meanwhile, those that entered our country illegally should face consequences for their actions. This commonsense bill enforces the law and ensures illegal aliens can’t keep ripping off our country and undermining the hardworking Americans who pay taxes and follow the rules.”

Lee said in a statement to Breitbart News, “Americans are footing the bill for illegal immigrants who use public services, benefits, and schools intended for citizens. Law has long required financial penalties for illegal immigrants, but no president other than Donald Trump has stood up for the American people by enforcing them. I’m proud to cosponsor Senator Rick Scott’s Illegal Immigration Cost Recovery Act to double civil financial penalties for illegal immigrants and claw back Americans’ hard-earned money.”

Sheehy stated to Breitbart News: “Illegal immigration has real costs, and Montana taxpayers shouldn’t be stuck footing the bill. This bill strengthens accountability, supports immigration enforcement, and helps ensure the illegal immigrants who break our laws – not American families – bear the consequences.”

A press release provided to Breitbart News described the proposal as “a fiscal measure to transition immigration enforcement toward a self-funding model.” The release said the bill would increase “non-tax revenue collection” and reduce “the reliance on taxpayer dollars” by putting the cost burden of immigration enforcement on violators.

The press release also said the fines were “rarely enforced by DHS prior to President Trump’s first term in office” and were “paused completely under the Biden administration.” It added that ICE resumed issuing failure-to-depart fines on June 13, 2025, and that nearly 10,000 fine notices have been issued since then.

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/06/11/exclusive-sen-rick-scott-introduces-bill-to-double-civil-penalties-on-illegal-aliens-employers-who-hire-them/

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Judge Says She Has No Authority to Reinstate Trans-Identifying Park Ranger Fired For Unfurling Trans Flag at Yosemite National Park

A federal judge on Friday said she had no authority to reinstate a trans-identifying park ranger who was fired last year for unfurling a trans flag at Yosemite National Park.

Trans biologist Shannon “SJ” Joslin was fired by the National Park Service after she unfurled a transgender flag at El Capitan last year.

Joslin, who uses they/them pronouns, filed a lawsuit to get reinstated.

Fresno-based US District Judge Jennifer Thurston, a Biden appointee, said she doesn’t have the authority to reinstate Joslin.

The judge said Joslin has to challenge the firing by taking her claims to the Office of Special Counsel.

The Hill reported:

A federal judge ruled Friday that she has no authority to reinstate a Yosemite National Park ranger who was fired for unfurling a transgender pride flag at the El Capitan rock formation last year.

The decision doesn’t address Shannon “SJ” Joslin’s allegation that the firing selectively targeted them for speech protected by the First Amendment.

“But the government has another more fundamental and more persuasive point: under the laws that Congress has passed, and under the legal precedent that a federal trial court must follow, this Court does not have authority to decide whether Joslin was fired for unconstitutional or illegal reasons, nor to block a hypothetical criminal case against them,” wrote U.S. District Judge Jennifer Thurston.

Joslin, who is nonbinary and uses they/them pronouns, must instead bring their claims before the Office of Special Counsel, the judge said.

“The Court lacks jurisdiction to review Joslin’s termination or to offer any related relief, including a reinstatement,” she wrote.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/06/judge-says-she-has-no-authority-reinstate-trans/

New Bill Would Fleece Pro-Lifers for “Emotionally Harming” Abortion Doctors

 

New Jersey’s new abortion protection bill could make pro-life activism illegal in the state.

Bills A2218 and S2260 aim to prohibit protestors from “intimidating” people outside abortion clinics, and health insurers from denying coverage for abortion services, NJ.com reported Wednesday. Experts warn at least one provision of this bill could violate people’s First Amendment rights.

“A person is guilty of interference with reproductive health care services” if they “purposely or knowingly” cause “a reasonable person to suffer damage to the person’s business or personal reputation, financial harm, or pain and suffering, mental anguish, or emotional harm on the basis that the person, entity, or facility provides, volunteers, assists with, or receives reproductive health care services,” the bill states.

Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin’s office, the ACLU of New Jersey, and New Jersey Press Association did not immediately respond to the Daily Caller News Foundation’s requests for comment.

“These bills lack basic constitutional safeguards and would punish truthful reporting relating to reproductive health care services, as well as protected opinions about such services,” a New Jersey Press Association spokesperson reportedly told NJ.com. “A reporter could be civilly or criminally liable for publishing an article about the troubling practices of a reproductive healthcare services provider, even if the reporting was well-documented and fully accurate. A provider could simply assert his or her reputation or emotions were harmed by that truthful reporting.”

American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)’s New Jersey chapter also chimed in their concerns.

“We have been supportive overall, but this one provision is concerning,” ACLU of New Jersey Legislative Director John Butler reportedly told the outlet. “From our point of view, we want protections for abortion providers and clients but we also need to protect people’s constitutional rights to speech. I don’t think that is what the bill drafters were aiming at.”

Nearly 60,000 unborn children were aborted within New Jersey in 2024, the New Jersey Family Planning League reported Oct. 2025. 11% were reportedly done through telehealth.

“Our caucus remains committed to protecting the freedom of families to make medical decisions with their doctors without fear of threats or intimidation, and we refuse to let legislatures and voters from states a thousand miles away dictate medical decisions to families here in New Jersey,” Coughlin reportedly stated.

Some pro-abortion activists dismissed their concerns.

“While Planned Parenthood Action Fund of New Jersey disagrees with the interpretation that the current language in S2260/A2218 infringes on protected First Amendment speech, our goal is to see this bill enacted for the benefit of our state’s patients and providers,” the Planned Parenthood Action Fund of New Jersey stated in a press release Wednesday. “The bill remains strong: it ensures unhindered access to reproductive health care facilities; protects providers and patients from out-of-state legal attacks; and shields providers from adverse actions that stem from the provision of care that is legal in New Jersey.”

The bill was amended Thursday. It originally aimed to ban interference with “gender-affirming care” access, according to a press release by New Jersey General Assembly’s Democratic caucus last May.

“Let’s work on something that really protects kids, focusing on the genuine underlying problems,” Republican Assemblyman Paul Kanitra posted on X the evening those provisions were axed.

“New Jersey Right to Life will continue to defend every child in the womb, support mothers and families in crisis, and protect the fundamental right to speak and assemble without fear of prosecution. We will not be silenced,” New Jersey Right to Life said in a press release June 1.

https://thelibertydaily.com/new-bill-would-fleece-pro-lifers-emotionally-harming/

Trans man fired from daycare after offering to kiss an 11-year-old, but he claims he was fired for "transphobia"

A man who claims he is a woman was fired from a daycare in Letterkenny. He claims it was retaliation against him because he was trans. The evidence, however, paints a different story.

In his first week on the job, the man had two very serious complaints filed against him. A child claimed that Aleena Starshine tried to play a “safari game” with a kid, offering a kiss as a prize. In the second complaint, he released a child without verifying the adult's relationship.

A trans-identified male has lost an employment discrimination case after alleging that he had been wrongfully fired from his job at a childcare center in Letterkenny. The Workplace Relations Commission found that Aleena Starshine had been terminated not due to his gender identity, but as a result of repeat parental complaints and concerns about child safeguarding.

The first complaint pertained to a “safari game” Starshine had organized with the children, during which he offered an 11-year-old child “a free kiss from me” or a “big kiss” as a prize. The child reported this to a parent, who then filed a complaint with the facility. An investigation was launched, and Starshine was confronted about the comment and admitted to making it.

Why am I not surprised that this man is being accused of offering “a free kiss” as a “prize” during a game he made up? This is 100% a fireable offense, and it is deranged that he thought his fake trans status shielded him from accountability.

While not all trans people are like this, it is bizarre how more often than not, trans-identified males seem to make their way into vulnerable places and allegedly prey on potential victims. Why do you think that is?

The next incident involved yet another safeguarding concern in which Starshine reportedly released a child to the care of an adult during a pickup without verifying the adult’s relation to the child or having any other adults present. When confronted, Starshine once again “did not accept that any safeguarding issue arose, instead characterising the practice as normal.”

Again, this is certainly an offense that would be taken seriously for any other employee. This man, however, does not live in reality. He believes because he claims to feel some type of way, he should be afforded special treatment. Again, that is not how reality works. And to claim this man should be barred from ever working around kids would be an understatement.

https://www.louderwithcrowder.com/letterkenny-daycare

California Dems Blasted for Post Claiming Only the Woke Can Watch World Cup

California Democrats have posted a list of political beliefs they believe one must hold to watch the World Cup.

In a series of X posts, the official California Democrats account listed the political opinions you must hold to view soccer’s biggest event, and if you don’t, you are “not allowed to watch.”

“You’re not allowed to watch the World Cup if you’ve ever voted against immigration,” one post read.

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“You’re not allowed to watch the World Cup if you’ve ever spoken out against DEI,” the party continued.

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“You’re not allowed to watch the World Cup if you only want people to speak English,” the account added.

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The posts led to extensive backlash from X users.

“Fine by me,” longtime conservative media analyst Dan Gainor wrote.

“Every one of those other Countries has its own immigration policy, where you can’t just cross the border. The hypocrisy is crazy,” another wrote.

“Who the f’ are you to tell us what to do, you open border lunatics,” wrote another.

“What does soccer have to do with people coming here illegally? The person in this account has the IQ of a potato,” opined another.

“Oh no an idiot X account and its army of undead voting followers told me I can’t watch the World Cup,” another added, sarcastically.

California is the site for eight World Cup matches, including Team USA’s opener against Paraguay on Friday night.

It is unclear if the California Democrat Party will be screening fans for their voter preferences at the gate.

https://www.breitbart.com/sports/2026/06/12/california-dems-blasted-for-post-claiming-only-woke-can-watch-world-cup/