A sweeping tax and spending bill Republicans are trying to push across the finish line this week includes steep new costs for immigrants pursuing work permits, applying for temporary visas, and facing enforcement proceedings.
The bevy of new fees is designed to help offset unprecedented funding — around $150 billion — for immigrant jails, deportations, border wall construction, and other elements of President Donald Trump’s crackdown on illegal immigration.
Some of the Republicans’ most eye-popping proposals, including a $1,000 fee to seek asylum and a $5,000 bond to sponsor an unaccompanied migrant child, were reduced or eliminated while lawmakers hashed ...