Overview

• Judge Trevor Neil McFadden ruled that immigrant advocacy groups lacked standing to challenge the Trump administration's registration mandate.
• The policy requires all undocumented individuals aged 14 and older, including Canadians in the U.S. for over 30 days, to register with the federal government.
• Failure to comply with the registration requirement can result in fines of up to $5,000 and up to six months of imprisonment.
• The mandate, rooted in historic laws like the Alien Registration Act of 1940 and the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952, has rarely been enforced in the past.
• The administration frames the policy as a strategy to enforce immigration laws and encourage self-deportation among undocumented residents.