U.S. President Donald Trump is proposing charging asylum-seekers a fee to process their applications as he continues to try to crack down on the surge of Central American migrants trying to cross into the U.S.
Central American migrants gather on top of a parked freight train, some sleeping, during their journey toward the U.S.-Mexico border, in Arriaga, Chiapas state, Mexico, at sunrise Thursday, April 25, 2019. WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump is proposing charging asylum-seekers a fee to process their applications as he continues to try to crack down on the surge of Central American migrants trying to cross into the U.S.
The changes are just the latest in a series of proposals from an administration that is struggling to cope with a surge of migrant families arriving at the southern border that has overwhelmed federal resources and complicated Trump's efforts to claim victory at the border as he runs for re-election. Most of those arriving say they are fleeing violence and poverty and many request asylum under U.S. and international law.
And he is directing officials to begin charging a fee to process asylum and employment authorization applications -- which do not currently require payment. The memo says the price would not exceed the cost of processing applications, but officials did not immediately provide an estimate for what that might be.
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