US House Republicans propose fees on immigrants to fund Trump's crackdown

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Source: The Guardian

Sat 17 May 2025 06.00 EDT


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.

“These are essentially a mask for targeted attacks towards some of the most vulnerable immigrants that we currently have going through our legal system right now: asylum seekers, children, survivors of crimes,” said Victoria Maqueda Feldman, director of legal programs at Ayuda, which assists low-income immigrants in Washington DC, Virginia and Maryland.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/17/us-house-republicans-fees-immigrants

[Lovie777]

1. For immigrants or just POCs...................

GQP never fails to disappoint.

[AZLD4Candidate]

2. Since this admin has no shame, will this apply to people already here on green cards, thus making renewing a green ca

card even more unaffordable? How about going for citizenship, since the time I checked a I-500 citizenship form filing fee was $500?

Spouses of green card holders want to know?

[Leghorn21]

3. They are simply following the teachings of Jesus Christ here, cut them

some slack, man



wtfing hell these mutant fuckheads

[sop]

4. Isn't that why immigrants already pay income, sales and social security taxes?

[travelingthrulife]

5. Republicans are bad people. All of them.

[Hey Joe]

6. Of course they did

Because the cruelty, and their greed, is the point.
Have any of these people ever opened a bible?

[Buddyzbuddy]

7. Oh hey, maybe the pickers on farms could be charged for employer provided shelter and porta potties and a canteen.

Oh, wait....

[republianmushroom]

8. But what about trumps gold card ?

[ProudMNDemocrat]

9. My friend's husband is from England.

Has had a Green Card for well over 4 decades. Permanent Resident, retired from the Restaurant business, has broken no laws, paid taxes, has 2 adult sons. He will be 74 in 8 days. He holds a British passport.

Does tRump intend to deport him?

[Martin68]

10. Idiots. That's the equivalent of putting people in debtor's prison and expecting them to pay their fines.