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Legislation would establish fees to seek asylum, care for a minor in US custody or apply for humanitarian parole

Congressional Republicans are proposing an array of new fees on immigrants seeking to remain in the United States in a move that advocates warn will create insurmountable financial barriers.

Legislation moving through the GOP-controlled House of Representatives could require immigrants to pay potentially hundreds or thousands of dollars to seek asylum, care for a minor in the government’s custody, or apply for humanitarian parole.

Republican lawmakers have described the fees as necessary to offset the costs of Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown. But experts who work with immigrants say putting more economic pressure on people attempting to navigate US immigration laws could drain what little money they have, force them into exploitative work arrangements, or push them to leave the country altogether.

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[–] match@pawb.social 28 points 6 days ago

this will do nothing for the budget because the obvious intention is to make being a legal immigrant impossible

[–] Guidy@lemmy.world 11 points 6 days ago
[–] IsaamoonKHGDT_6143@lemmy.zip 10 points 6 days ago (1 children)

If Herbert Hoover were watching this, he would be cursing the Republican Party for being addicted to tariffs and that this will give the Democratic Party absolute control in Congress.

[–] SinningStromgald@lemmy.world 25 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Don't underestimate the DNC's ability to alienate voters.

[–] Guidy@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

There needs to be a Democratic Party for people who don’t have Palestine as their #1 priority. People refusing to vote for Harris because she didn’t hate Israel enough helped elect Trump.

[–] CMDR_Horn@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

If Dems and independents don't already hate trump enough to vote for anything blue, then the US is more fucked than the world knows.

[–] knightly@pawb.social 1 points 5 days ago

If there's only one option on the ballot then it isn't democracy, it's a hostage situation.

[–] yesman@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

According to Shirer, Hitler was furious with Goebbels about Kristallnacht. He wasn't concerned with the injury to Jewish Germans of course, but with the destruction of their property which he planned to confiscate.

[–] randon31415@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days ago

Is this in the "big beautiful budget bill?" If not, I don't see it passing the senate filibuster.