Tech Group Sues to Halt Impending Immigration Fee Increases (1)

A new lawsuit seeks to block massive immigration fee hikes that are set to go into effect April 1, arguing that US Citizenship and Immigration Services’ regulations are procedurally invalid.

The complaint, filed Tuesday in the US District Court for the District of Colorado, says the fees violate the Administrative Procedure Act because they didn’t go through a proper public comment period.

They also arbitrarily impose a new $600 asylum program fee primarily on applicants for employment-based visas when those costs were previously born by all applicants, according to the complaint filed by information technology trade group IT Serve ...