DHS Proposes To Increase Citizenship Application
Fees By 80%
Posted By: ConservativeYankee, 6/24/2026 8:01:38 AM
The Trump administration on June 23 proposed increasing the cost of becoming an American citizen in a move that would nearly double the price of naturalization. The proposal would raise the government’s fee for filing an online naturalization application form, the N-400, from $710 to $1,280, an 80-percent increase, according to the proposal from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), published in the Federal Register on Tuesday. For paper filings of the N-400, DHS said that it wants to raise the fee from $760 to $1,330, an increase of 75 percent. For online filings of the N-336, a form requesting a hearing on naturalization proceedings, the fee would increase from
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Iranians tied to Revolutionary Guard crossing
US-Canada border illegally trigger new concerns 1 reply
US-Canada border illegally trigger new concerns 1 reply
National security leaders are growing increasingly concerned about Iranians with ties to the Revolutionary Guard attempting to enter the United States illegally from Canada and harm Americans as the war overseas continues.
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The Trump administration on June 23 proposed increasing the cost of becoming an American citizen in a move that would nearly double the price of naturalization. The proposal would raise the government’s fee for filing an online naturalization application form, the N-400, from $710 to $1,280, an 80-percent increase, according to the proposal from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), published in the Federal Register on Tuesday.
For paper filings of the N-400, DHS said that it wants to raise the fee from $760 to $1,330, an increase of 75 percent.
For online filings of the N-336, a form requesting a hearing on naturalization proceedings, the fee would increase from
Seventeen Republican attorneys general filed a federal lawsuit Monday challenging a California environmental law they argue impacts the entire country.
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Taxpayers stuck paying off student loans
for nonprofits’ employees: ‘It’s
about who you work for’ 2 replies
for nonprofits’ employees: ‘It’s
about who you work for’ 2 replies
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Dear Tucker,
When I first saw that you're back in the news, I debated whether to give you the oxygen you're looking for. I don't mean to give you that little extra boost of air, but I hope this letter settles into a recent history slot so the future sees your pivots and judges you accordingly. You spent two years telling millions of Americans to back President Donald Trump and the Republicans who helped put him back in the White House. Then you looked around, found a microphone, and discovered your conscience at the exact moment it could get you yet ANOTHER round of headlines.
Incredible timing! Truly, the saints must be
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Chase, was DEI exec 25 replies
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Acting AG Todd Blanche announces 455 people
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charged for $6.5B in health care fraud schemes 16 replies
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The Zo-mentum is real.
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MLB Commissioner Responds to Senator Josh
Hawley After Hawley Catches League in
Double Standard 15 replies
Hawley After Hawley Catches League in
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Stick a Fork in James Talarico. He's Done.
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“It was never intended that anybody get hurt. It was never intended that any shots would be fired.”
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Fifteen Minnesota suspects are charged
Democrats Party Like It’s 1911
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By the end of this year, there could be 10 socialist mayors in the U.S. That’s the most since the 1910s, when socialism was the shiny new object embraced by educated elites.
But what excuse do Democrats have today – after 100 years of socialism’s miserable, murderous failures – for embracing this toxic ideology?
Back in 1911, according to one historical count, members of the Socialist Party of America won office in 74 towns and cities, and another 32 in 1913.
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