Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 5) - All Filers Are Required to Complete This Page

9. Check if this filing amends a previously filed version of this report

LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.

15. General issue area code IMM

16. Specific lobbying issues

Afghan Adjustment Act
Special Immigrant Visa Program
Humanitarian parole for evacuated and at-risk Afghans
Designated Parole Program for Afghans
Facilitate family reunification efforts and pass barriers

Appropriations
H.R./S. X, Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2023
H.R/S. X, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2023

Asylum
Expedited removal
Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP)
Title 42 CDC Order
Interim final rule, Procedures for Credible Fear Screening and Consideration of Asylum, Withholding of Removal and Cat Protection Claims by Asylum Officers
Final rule, Security Bars and Processing
S.J. Res. 46 - Joint Resolution Providing for Congressional Disapproval of a Rule Relating to Procedures for Processing of Asylum Claims
Interdiction of Haitians on sea
New shout and sweat procedure for arriving families

Benefits
Repeal five year bar for benefit access
S. 4311 - LIFT the BAR Act of 2022

Border
Limiting border surveillance technology
Rescinding border wall funding
MPP exemptions
Title 42 exemptions
Humanitarian parole
Mistreatment of Black asylum seekers at border
Ukrainian refugees at border

Children
Central American Minors Program
Special Student Relief for Cameroon
Halt opening new child detention facilities
Proposed IPEDS Guidance directing institutions on how to report undocumented students

COVID-19
S. 4008 - Small Business COVID Relief Act of 2022

Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)
Expansion of Pell grants & TRIO program eligibility to DACA holders & undocumented students

Detention
Closure of detention centers
Ending mandatory detention
Medical mistreatment of women in ICE detention
Investigation of private prison contracts
Mental health treatment & care in ICE detention
Disproportionate bond for Black immigrants

Department of Homeland Security
DHS Equity Action Plan

Family Separation
Executive Order on the Establishment of Interagency Task Force on the Reunification of Families

Employment Authorization
Temporary Final Rule: Temporary Increase of the Automatic Extension Period of Employment Authorization and Documentation for Certain Renewal Applicants
USCIS proposal to extend the Form I-765 without change
Worker protections
IMG Assistance Act and Immigrants in Allied Health Act

Haiti
Deportations of Haitian migrants

Interior Enforcement
287(g) program and Secure Communities Program
ICE OPLA Memo, Guidance to OPLA Attorneys Regarding the Enforcement of Civil Immigration Laws and the Exercise of Prosecutorial Discretion
Cut funding for detention, deportation, and surveillance
Stop Southeast Asian deportations
No funds to detain or deport SIJC youth
Due process protections in ICE custody
Support return of unjustly deported
Operation Lonestar
Release of victim of ICEs 2019 workplace raids

Immigration Courts
H.R. 6577, The Real Courts, Rule of Law Act of 2022
Universal representation or expansion of representation programs

Legalization
Pathway to citizenship for Dreamers and essential workers

Marijuana
H.R. 3617, Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act

Muslim Ban
Challenging the continuing harms of the Muslim Ban

Naturalization and Integration
Funding USCIS Citizenship and Integration grant program

Nonimmigrant visas
Notice: Employment Authorization for Cameroonian F-1 Nonimmigrant Students Experiencing Severe Economic Hardship as a Direct Result of the Crises in Cameroon
H-2A visa program
H-2B visa program
U and T visas

Public Charge
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, Public Charge Ground of Inadmissibility

Refugees
Support refugee-related funding
Meet and increase refugee admissions goal
World Refugee Day resolution
Afghan Evacuations, parole and arrivals
Increased refugee resettlement program in the Americas (including Haiti)

Regional Migration Management
Migration management strategy
Summit of the Americas

Temporary Protected Status (TPS)
Extension of TPS for El Salvador
Extension of TPS for Nicaragua
Extension of TPS for Honduras
Extension of TPS for Nepal
Redesignation of TPS for Guatemala
Initial designation of TPS for Cameroon
Initial designation of TPS for Ethiopia
Initial designation of TPS for Mauritania
Initial designation of TPS for Democratic Republic of Congo
Initial designation of TPS for Guinea
Initial designation of TPS for Sierra Leone
Designation of TPS for Venezuela
Designation of Central American countries
Investigate racially disparate decisions for TPS

Title 42
S. 4036/H.R. 7458, Public Health and Border Security Act of 2022
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Order Suspending Introduction of Certain Persons from Countries Where a Communicable Disease Exists

Ukraine
H.R. 7691, Additional Ukraine Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2022
De-escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War
Humanitarian parole for Ukrainian refugees
Stateless Ukrainians

USCIS
Funding for USCIS pending caseload, backlogs, and processing times

Women
Stateless Mothers

Visas
H.R. 7053, Honor Our Commitment Act
Diversity Visas for those denied due to Muslim, African, or other immigration bans
Recapture unused family & employment based visas
Ending of counting derivatives from numerical caps

Voter Registration
Support USCIS responsibility in voter registration

17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None

U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, White House Office, Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS), Justice - Dept of (DOJ), Office of the Vice President of the United States, Natl Security Council (NSC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), State - Dept of (DOS)

18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area

19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None

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Information Update Page - Complete ONLY where registration information has changed.

20. Client new address

21. Client new principal place of business (if different than line 20)

22. New General description of client’s business or activities

LOBBYIST UPDATE

23. Name of each previously reported individual who is no longer expected to act as a lobbyist for the client

ISSUE UPDATE

24. General lobbying issue that no longer pertains

AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS

25. Add the following affiliated organization(s)

Internet Address:

26. Name of each previously reported organization that is no longer affiliated with the registrant or client

FOREIGN ENTITIES

27. Add the following foreign entities:

28. Name of each previously reported foreign entity that no longer owns, or controls, or is affiliated with the registrant, client or affiliated organization

CONVICTIONS DISCLOSURE

29. Have any of the lobbyists listed on this report been convicted in a Federal or State Court of an offense involving bribery, extortion, embezzlement, an illegal kickback, tax evasion, fraud, a conflict of interest, making a false statement, perjury, or money laundering?
No Yes