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Immigrating to U.S. becomes much costlier
Many fees to skyrocket by end of the month — $1,010 for a green card
Telemundo and MSNBC.com
Updated: 5:42 p.m. MT July 20, 2007
Immigrants could end up paying thousands of dollars more to enter and
stay in the country after July 30, when dozens of application fees will
double or even triple, sparking opposition from a broad coalition of
activists and a rush by immigrants to submit their paperwork before the
little-publicized changes take effect.
Altogether, 39 fees will rise an average of 66 percent, but some of the
largest increases will come in charges for the most basic documents
immigrants must seek. Most notably, the fee to apply for a green card,
establishing legal residence in the United States, will almost triple, from
$395 to $1,010.
Applying for citizenship will rise from $400 to $675. It cost $90 as recently
as 1991.
The increases are expected to raise an extra $1.1 billion a year for U.S.
Citizenship and Immigration Services, or USCIS, which is required to
cover its costs with the fees it collects from the hundreds of thousands of
foreigners who seek residency and citizenship each year.
Simply put, “we need the money,” USCIS Director Emilio Gonzalez said.
“To do nothing is to invite organizational disaster, because we are just not
covering the cost of doing business.”
High cost of immigrating
Fees for 39 immigration applications and documents will rise sharply on
July 30. Among them:
Permanent residence (green card)
Old fee: $395
New fee: $1,010
Application for citizenship
Old fee: $400
New fee: $675
Petition for a non-immigrant worker
Old fee: $190
New fee: $320
Travel document application
Old fee: $170
New fee: $305
Special immigrant petition
Old fee: $190
New fee: $375
Employment authorization
Old fee: $180
New fee: $340
Petition for alien fiance(e)
Old fee: $170
New fee: $455
Petition for alien relative
Old fee: $190
New fee: $355
Prosecutor Apology Ends Iraqi’s ‘Nightmare’
Posted Aug 24, 2007, 09:43 am CDT
By Debra Cassens Weiss
A federal prosecutor has apologized to an Iraqi refugee who was
improperly arrested and jailed for failing to register under a special
system.
U.S. Attorney Jeffrey Sullivan of the Western District of Washington said
the arrest was because of a good-faith mistake by Border Patrol Agents,
the New York Times (reg. req.) reports. Sullivan signed the apology and
joined the American Civil Liberties Union to vacate an initial court ruling in
the case, the ACLU announced yesterday.
Abdulameer Habeeb had been jailed and tortured in Iraq under the
leadership of Saddam Hussein. He was arrested in 2003 when he
stepped off an Amtrak train to stretch his legs near the Canadian border.
Immigrant Activist Arrested, Deported
Posted Aug 19, 2007, 06:13 pm CDT
By Molly McDonough
Updated: Immigration activist Elvira Arellano, a mother who sought refuge
in a Chicago church for more than a year to keep from being separated
from her U.S.-born son, was arrested Sunday in Los Angeles.
Arellano left Chicago last week to take her immigrant rights
demonstration on the road. Her 8-year-old son Saul, an American citizen,
was with her at the time of her arrest, and the Chicago Tribune reports he
started to cry when she was arrested. She consoled him before being
taken into custody.
The Associated Press reported Monday that Arellano was deported to
Tijuana.
Just before her arrest, Arellano had been speaking to the news media.
She headed to northern California to continue her campaign to lobby U.S.
lawmakers.
In addition to immigrant rights issues, Arellano and her son have shined
a spotlight on so-called "anchor babies," children who are born in the
United States to illegal immigrants. The issue was covered in "Who's a
Citizen?" a story in the January issue of the ABA Journal.
Immigration Laws Increasing
Posted Aug 6, 2007, 08:32 am CDT
By Debra Cassens Weiss
States adopted 170 immigration laws through June of this year, more
than double the number in the same period last year.
A report by the National Conference of State Legislatures says most of the
laws took an anti-immigrant stance, the New York Times reports. Laws
cracked down on employers who hire illegal aliens and made it more
difficult for the immigrants to obtain state identification.
Fifteen states fought the trend, instead passing measures to protect
illegal immigrants from smuggling and giving them access to health care
and education.
Some attributed the increase in legislation to federal lawmakers’ failure to
pass an immigration bill, the Los Angeles Times reports.
"This is now a 50-state issue," Sheri Steisel, an immigration specialist
with NCSL, told the Los Angeles Times. "There is a tremendous amount
of frustration at the local level now that the federal government has
abrogated its responsibility."
Congress OKs Few Green-Card Pleas
Posted Jul 30, 2007, 12:33 pm CDT
By Debra Cassens Weiss
Thirty-six bills granting permanent residency to specific illegal aliens have
won approval in Congress since 1996, but Malik Jarno wasn’t among the
lucky ones.
Jarno’s lawyers say he is a mentally retarded orphan whose parents
were killed for opposing the government in Guinea. He flew to the United
States as a teen on a ticket and stolen passport purchased by a friend in
France who grew tired of caring for him. After arriving here, he spent three
years in federal custody. The ABA Journal wrote about his plight and that
of other youths detained as illegal immigrants in a March 2004 feature
“Children Without a Country.”
U.S. Rep. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., has twice sponsored bills to keep
Jarno here, without success, the Washington Post reports.
More than 500 such private immigration bills have been introduced in
Congress in the last decade. Few are being approved in the midst of
continued debate on immigration.
Some note that the decision on who gets special treatment appears
arbitrary, and they oppose such legislation as a result. Law professor
Jonathan Turley of George Washington University is among the critics.
"Awarding special treatment often leaves the legal or administrative
problem untouched," he told the Post. “If a person was unable to get
relief, then new avenues of relief should be created for all such persons."
Immigrating to U.S. becomes much costlier
Many fees to skyrocket by end of the month — $1,010 for a green card
Telemundo and MSNBC.com
Updated: 5:42 p.m. MT July 20, 2007
Immigrants could end up paying thousands of dollars more to enter and
stay in the country after July 30, when dozens of application fees will
double or even triple, sparking opposition from a broad coalition of
activists and a rush by immigrants to submit their paperwork before the
little-publicized changes take effect.
Altogether, 39 fees will rise an average of 66 percent, but some of the
largest increases will come in charges for the most basic documents
immigrants must seek. Most notably, the fee to apply for a green card,
establishing legal residence in the United States, will almost triple, from
$395 to $1,010.
Applying for citizenship will rise from $400 to $675. It cost $90 as recently
as 1991.
The increases are expected to raise an extra $1.1 billion a year for U.S.
Citizenship and Immigration Services, or USCIS, which is required to
cover its costs with the fees it collects from the hundreds of thousands of
foreigners who seek residency and citizenship each year.
Simply put, “we need the money,” USCIS Director Emilio Gonzalez said.
“To do nothing is to invite organizational disaster, because we are just not
covering the cost of doing business.”
High cost of immigrating
Fees for 39 immigration applications and documents will rise sharply on
July 30. Among them:
Permanent residence (green card)
Old fee: $395
New fee: $1,010
Application for citizenship
Old fee: $400
New fee: $675
Petition for a non-immigrant worker
Old fee: $190
New fee: $320
Travel document application
Old fee: $170
New fee: $305
Special immigrant petition
Old fee: $190
New fee: $375
Employment authorization
Old fee: $180
New fee: $340
Petition for alien fiance(e)
Old fee: $170
New fee: $455
Petition for alien relative
Old fee: $190
New fee: $355
Prosecutor Apology Ends Iraqi’s ‘Nightmare’
Posted Aug 24, 2007, 09:43 am CDT
By Debra Cassens Weiss
A federal prosecutor has apologized to an Iraqi refugee who was
improperly arrested and jailed for failing to register under a special
system.
U.S. Attorney Jeffrey Sullivan of the Western District of Washington said
the arrest was because of a good-faith mistake by Border Patrol Agents,
the New York Times (reg. req.) reports. Sullivan signed the apology and
joined the American Civil Liberties Union to vacate an initial court ruling in
the case, the ACLU announced yesterday.
Abdulameer Habeeb had been jailed and tortured in Iraq under the
leadership of Saddam Hussein. He was arrested in 2003 when he
stepped off an Amtrak train to stretch his legs near the Canadian border.
Immigrant Activist Arrested, Deported
Posted Aug 19, 2007, 06:13 pm CDT
By Molly McDonough
Updated: Immigration activist Elvira Arellano, a mother who sought refuge
in a Chicago church for more than a year to keep from being separated
from her U.S.-born son, was arrested Sunday in Los Angeles.
Arellano left Chicago last week to take her immigrant rights
demonstration on the road. Her 8-year-old son Saul, an American citizen,
was with her at the time of her arrest, and the Chicago Tribune reports he
started to cry when she was arrested. She consoled him before being
taken into custody.
The Associated Press reported Monday that Arellano was deported to
Tijuana.
Just before her arrest, Arellano had been speaking to the news media.
She headed to northern California to continue her campaign to lobby U.S.
lawmakers.
In addition to immigrant rights issues, Arellano and her son have shined
a spotlight on so-called "anchor babies," children who are born in the
United States to illegal immigrants. The issue was covered in "Who's a
Citizen?" a story in the January issue of the ABA Journal.
Immigration Laws Increasing
Posted Aug 6, 2007, 08:32 am CDT
By Debra Cassens Weiss
States adopted 170 immigration laws through June of this year, more
than double the number in the same period last year.
A report by the National Conference of State Legislatures says most of the
laws took an anti-immigrant stance, the New York Times reports. Laws
cracked down on employers who hire illegal aliens and made it more
difficult for the immigrants to obtain state identification.
Fifteen states fought the trend, instead passing measures to protect
illegal immigrants from smuggling and giving them access to health care
and education.
Some attributed the increase in legislation to federal lawmakers’ failure to
pass an immigration bill, the Los Angeles Times reports.
"This is now a 50-state issue," Sheri Steisel, an immigration specialist
with NCSL, told the Los Angeles Times. "There is a tremendous amount
of frustration at the local level now that the federal government has
abrogated its responsibility."
Congress OKs Few Green-Card Pleas
Posted Jul 30, 2007, 12:33 pm CDT
By Debra Cassens Weiss
Thirty-six bills granting permanent residency to specific illegal aliens have
won approval in Congress since 1996, but Malik Jarno wasn’t among the
lucky ones.
Jarno’s lawyers say he is a mentally retarded orphan whose parents
were killed for opposing the government in Guinea. He flew to the United
States as a teen on a ticket and stolen passport purchased by a friend in
France who grew tired of caring for him. After arriving here, he spent three
years in federal custody. The ABA Journal wrote about his plight and that
of other youths detained as illegal immigrants in a March 2004 feature
“Children Without a Country.”
U.S. Rep. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., has twice sponsored bills to keep
Jarno here, without success, the Washington Post reports.
More than 500 such private immigration bills have been introduced in
Congress in the last decade. Few are being approved in the midst of
continued debate on immigration.
Some note that the decision on who gets special treatment appears
arbitrary, and they oppose such legislation as a result. Law professor
Jonathan Turley of George Washington University is among the critics.
"Awarding special treatment often leaves the legal or administrative
problem untouched," he told the Post. “If a person was unable to get
relief, then new avenues of relief should be created for all such persons."
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