SCOOP: The Trump administration is considering charging immigrants a fee to apply for asylum protections in the United States, according to sources close to the administration.
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Former USCIS official to me on the proposal: “These are people fleeing something and looking for protection from us … for us to turn around and say ‘that’s nice, we’d like to help but you’d have to pay a fee’ seems contrary to the point.”
The fee would not apply to those who claim a fear of persecution at ports of entry or those who apply for the protections while in deportation proceedings. There would be no waiver of the fee for those who cannot afford to pay the $50.
