Oregon union sues over higher immigration fees

J.J. Jackson* | August 31, 2007

ESMERALDA BERMUDEZAn Oregon labor union filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the federal agency tasked with processing immigration applications, saying it exorbitantly raised fees in July. Woodburn-based Northwest Treeplanters and Farmworkers United, a farmworker union, filed the suit in U.S. District Court in Portland along with the Service Employees International Union, the nation’s second-largest union. The suit names U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, saying the 100 percent fee-driven agency is plagued by long-standing mismanagement. The suit says that while fees have increased, the quality of service and wait times have not improved. “Throwing money at an agency that has a lot of internal structural problems is wasted money,” said Stephen Manning, a Portland immigration lawyer involved in the lawsuit.

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