Immigration advocates sue federal government over removal of fee waivers for neglected kids

Immigration and children's rights nonprofits sued the Department of Homeland Security over the removal of fee waivers for Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS), a protection for abused, neglected, or abandoned immigrant children. The plaintiffs argue the government's abrupt termination of the long-standing $250 fee waiver violates the Administrative Procedure Act and misinterprets H.R. 1, which they claim does not prohibit SIJS fee waivers.