Comment Submitted by Pangea Legal Services
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Summary: Pangea Legal Services, a non-profit immigration defense organization, opposes the proposed rule to increase the fee for certain aliens ordered removed in absentia from $5,130 to $18,000. They argue the fee exceeds statutory authority, lacks a reasoned cost-recovery basis, imposes an undue burden on vulnerable individuals, and fails to account for systemic procedural errors that lead to in absentia orders.
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