Fight back against fee increases for DACA and Naturalization!

Please leave a comment before deadline of February 10! Then leave another comment! Thank you.

Click on links below from ILRC (Immigrant Legal Resource Center) to leave comments. 

DIGITAL TOOLKIT FROM ILRC

DHS seeks to increase the filing fee costs for many immigration benefits. Among the proposed fee increases is a naturalization application 83% increase, lawful permanent resident application 79% increase, and DACA renewal application 59% increase. Additionally, if this rule comes into effect, it would establish a new $50 fee for all asylum cases, making the United States one of four countries to charge people for asylum.

USCIS has reopened the fee schedule public comment period until February 10th. Help us fight back against this attack on fairness, equity, justice and affordability by urging your followers to submit a public comment before the deadline! Sample tweets and Facebook posts can be found below with accompanying graphics. 

 

SAMPLE TWEETS (click to download Twitter graphics)

• Don’t let DHS burden the public *and* bolster ICE! Submit a public comment today against unprecedented immigration fee increases and a subsequent funding transfer to ICE. Make your voice heard: https://p2a.co/SB4D9Pe
  
  
• An enormous increase to the fee for immigration options, eliminating waivers that increase access to citizenship and other services, and transferring even more funding to ICE? Stand up against the latest invisible barrier TODAY: https://p2a.co/SB4D9Pe
  
  
• Speak up for your community! Submit a public comment to fight back against DHS changes that will make it tougher for middle- and low-income immigrants to remain in the US and apply for asylum: https://p2a.co/RT0TEMg
  
  
• DHS wants to make the United States one of four countries to charge people for asylum! Submit a public comment to fight back against this change that will make it tougher for middle- and low-income immigrants to remain in the US and apply for asylum: https://p2a.co/RT0TEMg
  

SAMPLE FACEBOOK POSTS (click to download Facebook graphics) 

• DHS wants to make it even more difficult for immigrants to remain in the United States and naturalize, apply for asylum, or receive DACA benefits.
  
  The latest move by the agency would make immigration unaffordable and eliminate the waivers that enable middle- and low-income immigrants to become citizens.
  
  Additionally, the agency is calling to transfer tens of millions of dollars to further line the pockets of ICE—more funding for the arrest, detention, and deportation of immigrants in our communities. We’re standing strong against these changes—and you can join us by submitting a public comment in support of a more inclusive, just, and diverse nation.
  
  Click to comment to oppose the proposed asylum fee: https://p2a.co/RT0TEMg

Click to comment to oppose the proposed attacks on naturalization: https://p2a.co/SB4D9Pe

• Stand up with your community! Submit a public comment to fight back against enormous immigration price increases that will make it tougher for middle- and low- income immigrants to remain in the US and naturalize, claim asylum, or apply for DACA. Make your voice heard in the name of justice for all! 

Click to comment to oppose the proposed asylum fee: https://p2a.co/RT0TEMg

Click to comment to oppose the proposed attacks on naturalization: https://p2a.co/SB4D9Pe

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