DHS Announces People Will Be Charged $1,000 If They Are Granted Permission to Enter or Stay in US Under Certain Programs
Effective today, the fee will apply to people who are granted parole or re-parole.
On Thursday, October 16, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that, effective today, it will charge people $1,000 who are granted a type of legal authorization — known as parole — to enter or stay in the United States.
Effective today, the fee will apply to people who are granted parole or re-parole, which means they are granted a new period of parole. There are numerous exemptions to the fee, including for certain medical emergencies. The full list of exemptions can be found here.
“Parole” in the immigration context is not the same as parole in the criminal legal system. Under the immigration system, the DHS Secretary can grant “parole” to noncitizens that allows them to enter or temporarily stay in the United States for specific reasons, such as an urgent humanitarian need. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) can release a person they’re detaining on parole.
The so-called One Big Beautiful Bill ushered in an unprecedented fee system for people entering or seeking to stay in the United States. For the first time in the history of the United States, asylum seekers are charged fees to file an application and an additional fee for every year their application is pending. They also must pay to apply for a work permit.
“DHS and the immigration courts have long charged fees for some common immigration applications,”the National Immigration Law Center said in an explainer on the fees. “OBBBA weaponizes this fees system, slapping exorbitant fees on humanitarian protection and immigration processing forms that will be unaffordable for many.”
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