Unauthorized Immigrants May Have to Pay $2,000 to Earn Legal US Status UPI
go to original April 15, 2013

A demonstrator takes part in a "National Rally for Citizenship" at the U.S. Capitol in support of immigration reform, in Washington DC on April 10, 2013. (UPI/Molly Riley)

WASHINGTON - Unauthorized immigrants may have to pay $2,000 as part of a bipartisan U.S. immigration reform plan, a person familiar with the talks told The New York Times.

The fee, whose amount was not finalized but which would have to be paid before an immigrant could earn legal status, would include $500 when the person applies for a temporary work permit and $1,500 or so that the person would have 10 years to pay, before they apply for a green card, the person said.

A Senate aide described the $2,000 figure to the Times as "significant but not impossible, punitive but not unreasonable."

Democrats and immigration advocates had earlier pushed for a lower amount.

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