Part of the House budget reconciliation proposal includes a steep increase in fees throughout the immigration system, such as a new $1,000 application fee for asylum claims and a new $8,500 fee to sponsor an unaccompanied minor migrant.
House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, said during a markup of the reconciliation text that the new fees would raise an estimated $77 billion in revenue and build on the immigration policies of the Trump administration.
But experts who work in the immigration system say the changes will put that immigration system out of reach for many migrants and others seeking to help them.
