March 30, 2026
A D.C. federal judge on Monday vacated six immigration court fee increases unveiled in 2020, finding the Executive Office for Immigration Review failed to consider how the fee spikes would affect the legal services providers like the ones that sued to block them.
April 22, 2024
Nonprofit legal service providers fired back Friday against the federal government's bid to defeat the groups' lawsuit challenging Trump-era increases to immigration court fees, arguing that the government's final rule, which could raise certain fees by 700%, is arbitrary, capricious and unlawful.
March 27, 2024
The Biden administration defended Trump-era increases to immigration court fees, telling a D.C. federal court that the availability of waivers should ease legal service providers' concerns that the higher fees would hinder their ability to help noncitizens fight deportation.
December 14, 2023
The Catholic Legal Immigration Network Inc. and three other legal service providers pushed to restart litigation challenging Trump-era immigration court fees, arguing they were ready to resume the case, after waiting years in vain for President Joe Biden's replacement policy.
September 01, 2021
The Executive Office for Immigration Review is once again preparing to update the fees it charges individuals in removal proceedings, with new price regulations now expected in January, while the agency's last attempt remains enjoined.
January 19, 2021
A D.C. federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration from jacking up certain fees for asylum-seekers and others fighting deportation before the end of Donald Trump's presidency, ruling late Monday the government unlawfully disregarded concerns from counsel for individuals subject to removal proceedings.
January 14, 2021
A D.C. federal judge appeared conflicted Thursday over a challenge to the Trump administration's push to jack up immigration court fees for people facing deportation, but said he will decide on a preliminary injunction bid to halt the increase before President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration.