SEATTLE — For the first time ever, asylum seekers and other people applying for humanitarian relief in the U.S. have to pay.

Asylum seekers specifically have started getting notices from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services department, telling them they owe 100 dollars for each application being processed by the federal government.

As an immigration attorney, Leslie Irizarry-Hougan is tracking these notices of payment that are coming to her clients who are asylum seekers.

Trump's 'Big Beautiful Bill' is responsible for the changes.

"It's not just one person of the family, so if you're talking about a mother and father and several children each person has to pay the 100 dollar fee," Irizarry-Hougan said. "They have to pay it when they're advised of it within 30 days."

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