Immigration Courts Hit Asylum Seekers With New Fees
From asylum to TPS to green card relief, migrants must now pay hundreds or thousands just to apply — or risk being rejected outright.
WASHINGTON — The Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) has directed immigration courts and the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) to begin enforcing new statutory fees for asylum and other immigration applications, marking a significant shift in longstanding U.S. asylum policy.
The directive, issued July 9 in Policy Memorandum 25-35, follows the passage of the Omnibus Border and Budget Adjustment Act, which imposes or raises fees on various applications for relief from removal, appeals, and motions. For the first time, asylum seekers must now pay a $100 application fee and an annual $100 fee for each year their case remains pending — costs that are non-waivable regardless of financial hardship.
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