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4:20-cv-05883
Other Statutes: Administrative Procedures Act/Review or Appeal of Agency Decision
A California federal judge on Tuesday barred the federal government from raising immigration application fees just days before the changes were set to take effect, finding that acting Homeland Security chief Chad Wolf was likely improperly appointed.
A California federal judge remained undecided about whether to temporarily block immigration application fee increases that go into effect Oct. 2, saying that after a more than three-hour hearing on Friday, he hasn't "even come close to deciding this issue."
Nineteen states and 10 immigration nonprofit organizations supported a request to stop U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services from hiking immigration application fees, but the Trump administration objected to the request, saying the agency lawfully implemented the fee increases.