Proposed asylum fees are part of a bid to make immigrants to the US fund their own red tape
- Written by Sarah R. Sherman-Stokes, Lecturer and Clinical Instructor of Law; Associate Director of the Immigrants’ Rights and Human Trafficking Clinic, Boston University
Like making applicants wait in Mexico, fees could discourage asylum seekers.AP Photo/Fernando LlanoThe Trump administration wants to make people fleeing persecution in their home countries pay for something they’ve long gotten for free: the right to apply for asylum in the United States.