National Immigration Project and ASAP File BIA Amicus Brief on Annual Asylum Fee

On June 25, 2026, the National Immigration Project and Asylum Advocacy Project (ASAP) responded to a Board of Immigration Appeals request for amicus briefs asking whether the Trump-created Annual Asylum Fee (AAF) also applies to applications for withholding of removal and Convention against Torture protection. The amicus brief explains that there is no statutory authority to expand the AAF to these distinct forms of protection.