Pending USCIS Fee Hikes An Attack On Immigrants, Says NY State Senator

NEW YORK, CMC – A New York state senator of Jamaican heritage has described the Trump administration’s proposed fee increases for immigration services at the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) as another attack on the immigrant community.

“As the New York State Senator for the 20th Senatorial District in Brooklyn, I write to express my strong opposition to the proposed increase in the naturalisation application fee (Form N-400), and elimination of fee waivers for various types of citizenship forms, which would have the compound effect of greatly reducing naturalisation and limiting American prosperity,” said Senator Zellnor Y. Myrie, whose grandmother hails from Jamaica, in a letter to Samantha Deshommes, chief, Regulatory Coordination Division, Office of Policy and Strategy, USCIS. 

“These substantial increases in fees would have a significant impact on the people I represent since, according to Census data, 64,184 people in my district are eligible to become naturalised citizens,” added Myrie, whose district in central Brooklyn predominantly comprises Caribbean immigrants.

“I am alarmed at the devastating effect the proposed 83 per cent increase in the naturalisation fee would have on our community.”

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