Here are eight new immigration policies in Trump's landmark 'One Big Beautiful Bill'

The legislation also includes significant victories for anti-illegal immigration advocates, including adding fees on asylum applications and other immigration benefits.

Published: July 8, 2025 8:05pm

The House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday outlined a series of immigration policies it included in the final version of President Donald Trump's "One Big Beautiful Bill" last week. 

Republicans in both chambers of Congress united to pass the mammoth legislation last week, which Trump signed on Friday. The bill has been lauded as "groundbreaking," and has an emphasis on taxes, federal spending and government policy that could significantly shape the next generation of the American experience. 

The legislation also includes significant victories for anti-illegal immigration advocates, including adding fees on asylum applications and other immigration benefits. It also includes more funding for border security and immigration enforcement.

Here is a rundown of eight of the biggest changes related to illegal immigration:

The bill allows families of illegal migrants to stay together in detainment, pending their deportations, which protects children from human trafficking.

It reduces work incentives for illegal migrants by adding new non-waivable fees for employment authorization applications and asylum, temporary protected status and parole renewals. It also terminates work authorization for migrants if their asylum applications are denied. 

The bill requires new fees for asylum, temporary protected status and parole applications.

The legislation charges a $1,000 fee for any illegal migrant paroled into the United States except in certain circumstances, like medical emergencies.

The bill aims to deter frivolous asylum claims by requiring a fee for each year that an asylum application remains pending. 

It also hopes to deter migrants from overstaying their visas by imposing a $250 fee that can only be reimbursed if they go home in a timely manner. 

The legislation also includes a policy that seeks to keep unaccompanied minors safe by investing in criminal history and gang affiliation background checks for sponsors. 

The bill additionally gives Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and Attorney General Pam Bondi more power to charge additional fees to deter illegal immigration, and prohibits "sanctuary jurisdictions from receiving certain grant funding if the jurisdictions refuse to cooperate with federal immigration officials."

Misty Severi is a news reporter for Just The News. You can follow her on X for more coverage.

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