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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: “They are also jacking up the filing fees to make it even…”

Featuring: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Democratic | U.S. House, New York, District 14

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September Virtual Town Hall

Published | Video Starts at 36:21

In addition to that, not only is this administration expanding that enforcement and making it harder to come here legally, They are also jacking up the filing fees to make it even harder to come the right way. They are punishing in implementing taxes, essentially a tax, a penalty, through increased filing fees for people who are trying to do their best to be documented and remain documented. (36:21–36:29)

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Asserts that filing fees are being increased to make legal immigration more difficult.

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