The fee for filing a U.S. citizenship application is slated to increase from $95 to $225 on Friday. Jewish groups have said the increase would put a financial burden on Jewish and non-Jewish applicants. The increase comes as the Immigration and Naturalization Service struggles to reduce a backlog of 1.8 million people, including thousands of Jews from the former Soviet Union, who are waiting for their paperwork to be processed before they can become citizens.
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