Starting Tuesday, a fee for tourists and visitors entering the United States through land borders is more than doubling.
The fee jump was included in Republicans’ massive spending and tax bill passed this summer.
It increased a formerly $6 fee for people visiting the United States through land borders to $30.
The now $30 fee is required for incoming tourists to apply for the Customs and Border Protection I-94 form, which records departures and arrivals. Non-immigrant tourists only need to complete the I-94 form, and pay the fee, if they are travelling more than 75 miles from the border in Arizona.
CBP statistics show millions of people cross the southwest border each year — many of them are tourists from Mexico who must now pay the increased fee each time they enter the United States. The agency says the increase will “surge revenue generated by CBP at no cost to the American public.”
