The Trump administration Is Proposing Charge A Fee For Asylum

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The Trump administration on Friday proposed an unprecedented series of new fees for asylum-seekers and immigrants hoping to stay in the US, aiming to become one of just four countries in the world to charge for an asylum application.

Under the proposal, a new $50 fee would be imposed on asylum applications, citizenship applications would see a $500 price hike, and a new fee would be added for certain immigrants who entered the US as children to renew protections.

The US has never before charged for asylum and, if enacted, the proposal issued Friday would make the country one of only four in the world to do so. It appears to be the latest move by the Trump administration to overhaul the asylum process and the immigration system itself, a focus of the president’s since taking office.

Specifically, the rule would add a $50 fee for those looking to apply for affirmative asylum applications filed from within the US. There is currently no fee to enter an “affirmative asylum” application. The new 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 for those who cannot afford to pay the $50 fee.

The proposed rule also aims to cut waivers for fee forms, which can cost hundreds of dollars, unless it is legally required or the agency decides to do so on a discretionary basis. Elsewhere, it looks to add a $530 price hike for an application for naturalization, and an increase of more than $200 to apply for renewals of protections under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA).

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/hamedaleaziz/asylum-charge-fee-trump-immigration-border-proposal?utm_source=dynamic&utm_campaign=bffbbuzzfeednews&ref=bffbbuzzfeednews

[jacs vs looser 5,122]

This will only encourage illegal immigrants to stay illegal. But go off, I guess.

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Gouging some of the most poor groups of people for seeking help. Cool. Very Christian. Very moral. Mother Teresa would be so proud. 

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1 hour ago, jacs vs looser said:

This will only encourage illegal immigrants to stay illegal. But go off, I guess.

That’s the point.

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2 hours ago, jacs vs looser said:

This will only encourage illegal immigrants to stay illegal. But go off, I guess.

The Trump Admin (and Republicans at large) hide their thoughts about immigration behind reasonable pretenses "come in the right way or don't come in at all"

but really, as seen in the policies of this administration, they don't want brown people coming into this country at all, which is why Trump is trying to make it de facto illegal or at least as close to impossible as he can - the same is true of both getting asylum and seeking it.

Brown people vote for people that at least try to help their lives, and Republicans are scared at the reality of a brown, mixed neopolitan future, so voter suppression, immigration control, and disenfranchisement are pretty much the goal. I completely expect him to try to make it illegal/impossible to try to even legally become a citizen before the end of his 2nd term if he's re-elected.

"But wait, isn't that just white supremacy in a pretty package?"

Yes  

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56 minutes ago, uo111 said:

That’s the point.

Exactly^

Then they can continue to call them "criminals".

They're not slick