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The New York Times reports:
House Republicans are proposing to charge migrants $1,000 to claim asylum, one of a series of new or increased fees on immigrants seeking to gain legal entry into the United States that is part of their effort to curb immigration and pay for the Trump administration’s border crackdown.
The fees on immigrants are one of several proposals in legislation released on Monday by the House Judiciary Committee to be included in the major domestic policy bill Republicans are putting together to implement President Trump’s domestic agenda.
The bill would also require a $1,000 fee for most immigrants who are paroled into the United States and a $3,500 fee for those sponsoring children — large sums that could make it more difficult for minors who cross the border alone to be released from federal custody and taken in by family members in the United States.
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I missed the part on the Statue of Liberty where it says…
“Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free — $1000 asylum fee applies.”
— Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social) April 29, 2025 at 12:45 PM
In a 116-page reconciliation amendment from Chairman Jim Jordan, Republicans have proposed a whopping $1000 fee for asylum seekers—the first of its kind in U.S. history.
The amendment also proposed a $3,500 fee to sponsor the immigration of an unaccompanied child.
— Sergeant who knows the swamp💙 (@1toughguy2.bsky.social) April 29, 2025 at 8:31 AM