Republicans aim to impose a host of fees on immigrants in the House Judiciary Committee’s portion of a sweeping GOP-only tax and policy package, raising revenue for President Donald Trump’s enforcement and deportation agenda.
- The panel’s section includes provisions to raise fees for asylum applications, work permits, and other legal immigration processes. It would also collect fees from immigrants in the US with temporary status
- The money would go toward detention, deportations, and new Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers
- The committee will mark up the proposal Wednesday. House lawmakers had been targeting $110 billion in additional spending in the measure ...