Verified brief — 11 October 2026

DHS and the Justice Department make permanent the fast-track process for fining people who ignore removal or departure orders or cross unlawfully, after more than 176,000 penalties under the interim rule. Ottawa says it is reviewing Alberta’s Impact Assessment Act opinion, with no appeal announced. The dyed-diesel tax relief and a Supreme Court order in the BOP case are both still pending.

Published Oct 11, 2026, 9:07 a.m. EDT

Item 1
DHS/EOIR final rule (FR Doc. 2026-21024), filed for public inspection 9 October and due in the Federal Register on 14 October: it finalizes the June 2025 interim rule on civil fines for failure to depart and unlawful entry, effective on publication. The only change lets ICE accept a late appeal caused by documented mail delays.
Read the article →FR Doc. 2026-21024 (public inspection)
Item 2
How it works: an officer issues the fine directly, by regular mail if need be. The person has 15 business days to appeal to a DHS supervisor, who decides on the written record. There is no in-person interview and no appeal to the Board of Immigration Appeals. Fines run up to $998 a day after a final removal order, $1,992–$9,970 for a missed voluntary departure, and $100–$500 per unlawful entry.
Read the article →FR Doc. 2026-21024, preamble I.A
Item 3
DHS’s numbers: about 110,000 ICE failure-to-depart penalties and 66,000 CBP unlawful-entry penalties from 27 June 2025 to 14 September 2026, against 12,135 in the three months before. About 3% were appealed, and people won 25% of decided appeals. These are DHS figures; the rule counts penalties issued, not money collected.
Read the article →FR Doc. 2026-21024, preamble I.B
Item 4
2026 ABCA 320: Environment Minister Dabrusin’s office says Ottawa is “reviewing the decision and considering next steps” and that the Impact Assessment Act remains “fundamental” to its build agenda. Premier Smith wants no appeal. None has been announced. The opinion is advisory and the Act stays in force.
Read the article →The Canadian Press, 9 Oct; 2026 ABCA 320
Item 5
The 4–1 majority found the designated-projects part of the amended Act and its Physical Activities Regulations unconstitutional except for federal undertakings. Justice Feehan dissented.
Read the article →2026 ABCA 320, paras 9, 192, 202
Item 6
U.S. dyed-diesel order (EO 14435): as of about 9 a.m. ET on 11 October, the IRS news-release list still ends at IR-2026-120 (7 October). No dyed-diesel penalty relief or 7508A deferral has been announced, a day past the roughly five-day window.
Read the article →IRS newsroom (checked 11 Oct)
Item 7
OFAC General License 135 authorizes transactions tied to importing Russian-origin diesel into the U.S. until 12:01 a.m. EDT on 7 April 2027. It is a time-limited licence: the central bank, National Wealth Fund and finance ministry stay blocked and no one was delisted.
Read the article →OFAC GL 135
Item 8
Supreme Court of Canada, R. v. Cope, 2026 SCC 32: by 5–4, the three-year term stands for a Mi’kmaw man’s aggravated assault on his partner. The majority said prison was required but the trial judge underweighted his mental illness and the sentencing circle.
Read the article →2026 SCC 32
Item 9
Trump v. Kingdom (26A416): still no Supreme Court order on the government’s stay application as of Sunday morning. The last docket entry is the Solicitor General’s 9 October reply.
Read the article →SCOTUS docket 26A416 (checked 11 Oct)
Item 10
DHS’s separate OPT proposal would charge schools $70,000 for each F-1 student recommended for initial OPT and $30,000 for each later period. Comments close 9 November.
Read the article →91 FR 64566
Item 11
Canada lost 68,000 jobs in September and unemployment is 6.5%. The C-38 fuel-excise pause costs $4.943 billion in 2026-27 by the PBO’s estimate; the House sits until midnight on 19 October and takes up C-38 at 6:30 p.m.
Read the article →StatCan LFS; PBO ES-2627-004-S; Journals No. 148