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tareqaklast Saturday at 1:20 AM1 replyview on HN

Quoting all the fees in https://judiciary.house.gov/media/press-releases/big-beautif...

> Expansion of Immigration Fees:

> $1,000 asylum application fee — first in U.S. history

> $1,000 fee for individuals paroled into the U.S.

> $3,500 fee for sponsors of unaccompanied children

> $5,000 fee for sponsors of unaccompanied children who fail to appear in court

> $550 fee for work permits

> $500 application fee for Temporary Protected Status (TPS)

> $400 fee to file a diversity immigrant visa application

> $250 fee to register for the Diversity Visa Lottery

> $250 visa integrity fee

> $100 year fee while asylum applications remain pending

> $100 fee for continuances granted in immigration court

> $5,000 fee for individuals ordered removed in absentia

> $1,500 fee to adjust status to lawful permanent resident (green card)

> $1,050 fee for inadmissibility waivers

> $900 fee to appeal a decision by an immigration judge

> $900 fee to appeal a decision by DHS

> $1,325 fee to appeal in practitioner disciplinary cases

> $900 fee to file motions to reopen or reconsider

> $600 application fee for suspension of deportation

> $600 application fee for cancellation of removal (permanent residents)

> $1,500 application fee for cancellation of removal (non-permanent residents)

> $30 fee for Form I-94 (arrival/departure record), up from $6


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apical_dendritelast Saturday at 2:40 AM

The $100/year fee while an asylum case is pending means that the government is charging someone for the government's own inability to process cases quickly.