Tuesday, April 29, 2025

GOP Wants to Charge Asylum Seekers $1,000

House Republicans are proposing to charge migrants $1,000 to claim asylum ...

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#1 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-04-29 04:25 AM

Usual question: Who gets the money?

#2 | Posted by Zed at 2025-04-29 09:45 AM

#2: The USG gets the money, like when Americans request an expedited passport from the State Dept for $60. USCIS already charges fees for paperwork: my.uscis.gov

#3 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-04-29 10:08 AM

"like when Americans request an expedited passport from the State Dept for $60."

It's $130 for a passport. Expedited is another $60 on top.

Passports used to be feee. That's right, there used to be a free Federal ID in this country that was valid for any Election.

If Republican's weren't using Voter ID to suppress the vote, Republicans would support a free Federal ID that is valid for any Election.

#4 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-04-29 10:17 AM

#2: The USG gets the money

#3 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS

No, I mean who really gets the money?

This strikes me as another Trump grift.

#5 | Posted by Zed at 2025-04-29 10:24 AM

I meant $60 as an additional fee to the standard $130. Here's an old federal ID card that used to work: cdn8.openculture.com

#6 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-04-29 10:33 AM

" Usual question: Who gets the money?"

Most likely the treasury. It would likely be treated like a tax.

#7 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-04-29 07:57 PM

WOW How Christian of them.

#8 | Posted by LauraMohr at 2025-04-29 08:01 PM

It's $130 for a passport

Not for everyone, there are waivers for low income, battered spouse,

Passports used to be feee.

Before the US Civil War, thats when the US started tariffs too.

#9 | Posted by oneironaut at 2025-04-29 08:09 PM

"thats when the US started tariffs too."

Completely wrong, the US started with Tariffs, 95% of Federal income was tariffs when George Washington was President. And 90% of Federal spending was the War Department.

Take your lies back to China, they will serve you better there.

#10 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-04-29 08:11 PM

That's right, there used to be a free Federal ID in this country that was valid for any Election.

Another lie, Voter ID laws came to the US in 1950, almost 100yrs after the Free Passports disappeared.

#11 | Posted by oneironaut at 2025-04-29 08:11 PM

Completely wrong, the US started with Tariffs, 95% of Federal income was tariffs when George Washington was President. And 90% of Federal spending was the War Department.

It was a 5% tariff. Nothing to write home about. The US wasn't started with tariffs, it had to build the navy, because were muslims kidnapping US citizens. So it raised a tariff.

#12 | Posted by oneironaut at 2025-04-29 08:15 PM


Take your lies back to China, they will serve you better there.

#10 | POSTED BY SNOOFY

You've lied in almost every post. When you post I can just search and find you are lying.

Why don't you do your own research instead of just flat out lying?

#13 | Posted by oneironaut at 2025-04-29 08:16 PM

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