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LOBBYING REPORT |
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 5) - All Filers Are Required to Complete This Page
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Country | USA |
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TYPE OF REPORT | 8. Year | 2024 |
Q1 (1/1 - 3/31) | Q2 (4/1 - 6/30) | Q3 (7/1 - 9/30) | Q4 (10/1 - 12/31) |
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10. Check if this is a Termination Report | Termination Date |
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Provide a good faith estimate, rounded to the nearest $10,000, of all lobbying related income for the client (including all payments to the registrant by any other entity for lobbying activities on behalf of the client). | 14. REPORTING Check box to indicate expense accounting method. See instructions for description of options. | ||||||||
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Reporting amounts using LDA definitions only
Method B. Reporting amounts under section 6033(b)(8) of the Internal Revenue Code Method C. Reporting amounts under section 162(e) of the Internal Revenue Code |
Signature | Digitally Signed By: Kerri Talbot |
Date | 4/19/2024 6:45:24 PM |
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
Administrative Relief
Nonimmigrant visa access and related waivers
Parole for spouses of US Citizens
Create family reunification parole programs for additional countries
Work permits for families in the provisional waiver backlog.
Cancellation of removal as a legal relief outside of INA 240 removal proceedings
Labor-Based Deferred Action
Renewals of deferred action
Supporting DOJ/EOIR NPRM on Administrative Closure
Work permits for long-term immigrants, mixed status families, Dreamers without DACA and spouses of US Citizens
DHS/TSA NPRM on mobile drivers licenses
Asylum
Funding to the Shelter and Services Program (SSP)
Lankford/Sinema/Murphy proposal to make changes to asylum system for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan funding
H.R. 7372, Defending Borders, Defending Democracies Act
H.R. 6939, REMAIN in Mexico Act of 2024
Opposing numerical caps to asylum
Opposing using 212(f) expulsion authority
Reducing the asylum backlog by resourcing USCIS
Supporting increased Congressional funding to hire asylum officers
Opposing asylum changes in Fitzpatrick-Golden Bill discharge petition (Discharge Petition No. 10)
Opposing asylum changes through the FY24 Appropriations
Rescind Implementing Bilateral and Multilateral Asylum Cooperative Agreements Under the Immigration and Nationality Act, 84 Fed. Reg. 63,994 (Nov. 19, 2019)
Rescind Procedures for Asylum and Bars to Asylum Eligibility, 85 Fed. Reg. 67,202 (Nov. 20, 2020)
Rescind Procedures for Asylum and Withholding of Removal; Credible Fear and Reasonable Fear Review, 85 Fed. Reg. 80,274, (Dec. 11, 2020)
Rescind Procedures for Asylum and Withholding of Removal, 85 Fed. Reg. 81,698 (Dec. 16, 2020)
Rescind Asylum Eligibility and Procedural Modifications, 85 Fed. Reg. 82,260 (Dec. 17, 2020)
Rescind Security Bars and Processing, 85 Fed. Reg. 84,160 (Dec. 23, 2020)
Promulgate Clarifying Definitions and Analyses for Fair and Efficient Asylum and Other Protection Determinations, RIN 1615-AC65 (Fall 2023)
Promulgate Procedures for Credible Fear Screening and Consideration of Asylum, Withholding of Removal, and CAT Protection Claims by Asylum Officers, 87 Fed. Reg. 18,078 (Mar. 29, 2022)
Promulgate Circumvention of Lawful Pathways, 88 Fed. Reg. 31,314 (Dec. 28, 2022). Rescinding the rule, except those parts that rescind Aliens Subject to a Bar on Entry Under Certain Presidential Proclamations; Procedures for Protection Claims, 83 Fed. Reg. 55,934 (Nov. 9, 2018) and Asylum Eligibility and Procedural Modifications, 85 Fed. Reg. 82,260 (Dec. 17, 2020)
Refiled I-589s Following EOIR Dismissal or Termination
Establish a Humanitarian Visa for Pre-Screened Asylum Seekers
Safe Mobility Offices
Providing support and foreign assistance to enable regional partners to improve the screening and protection of migrants and to address the root causes of migration
Creating a White House task force for coordinating reception and welcoming services among the federal government, state and local governments, and civil society
Providing federal support for cities receiving mass numbers of asylum seekers
Guaranteed access to counsel for asylum seekers in federal custody
Border and Interior Enforcement
H.R. 2, Secure the Border Act of 2023
Urging DOJ to investigate Operation Lone Star and to investigate extremist militias
White Houses DHS supplemental funding request
Opposing Republican anti-immigrant amendments in H.R. 6363, Further Continuing Appropriations and Other Extensions Act, 2024
Senate Amendment 1371, National Security and Border Act, 2024
H.R. 815, RELIEVE Act
H.R. 5672, Bipartisan Keep America Open Act
H.R. 5283, Protecting Our Communities from Failure to Secure the Border Act of 2023
Opposing nationwide expedited removal
Opposing restart of border wall construction
OMB guidance on artificial intelligence
Advocating for capacity expansion at ports of entry
Opposing mass surveillance like GPS surveillance and ankle monitors
Raising awareness of Border Vigilantism
Urging DOJ to investigate extremists in Eagle Pass & demilitarize
Opposing Executive Order that prioritizes new migrants for deportation
Phase out/terminate 287(g) programs
Opposing the expansion of Operation Lone Star via Customs and Border Protection
Opposing increased funding for ICE detention in FY 2024 appropriation bill
Opposing Facial Recognition Technology
Deploying more resources for inspections and enforcement
Investigating migrant deaths at the border
Promoting Safe and Orderly Migration Pathways as Part of Fair, Humane, and Orderly Border Management
Restoring and Strengthening the Asylum and Refugee Systems to Ensure Humane Treatment and Protection.
Stop prosecuting migration-related offenses
Information on Targeting of Migrants from Muslim-Majority Countries at Southern Border
Opposing Increased Funding for ICE Detention
Criminalize Fleeing from Immigration Enforcement Act
DED for Colombia
Redesignation of DED for Liberia
H.R. 5585, Agent Raul Gonzalez Officer Safety Act
H.R. 6678, Consequences for Social Security Fraud Act
H.R. 6976, Protect Our Communities from DUIs Act
Opposing ICE surveillance of cell phone location data and surveillance contracts
H.R. 7343, Detain and Deport Illegal Aliens Who Assault Cops Act
H.R. 7334, Detain and Deport Illegal Aliens Who Commit Robbery Act
H.R. 7322, SUE for Immigration Enforcement Act
S. 2367, CHECKPOINT Act
Presidential Pardon to Halt Robert Pantons Deportation
Opposing potential anti-immigrant amendments to the supplemental Senate budget
Amendments to H.R.815, National Security Act, 2024
H.R. 7372, Defending Borders, Defending Democracies Act
H.R. 7311, Combating International Drug Trafficking and Human Smuggling Partnership Act of 2024
H.R. 7402, Operation Lone Star Reimbursement Act
H.R. 7404, Subterranean Border Defense Act
S. 3796, Keeping International Land Ports of Entry Open Act
H.R. 7182, Defend Our Borders From Armed Invaders Act
H.R. 7330, State Border Security Act
H.R. 7118, Halt the Invasion Act
H.R. 7229, WALL Act of 2024
H.R. 7243, Border Security State Reimbursement Act
H.R. 7259, SEND THEM BACK Act of 2024
S. 3668, State Border Security Act
S. 3587, Mandatory Removal Proceedings Act
S. 3591, Stop Fentanyl at the Border Act
H.R. 6208, TRASHED Border Act
H.R. 7058, Border Security Reserve Fund Act
H.R. 7074, State of Texas Operational Protections Act
S. 3576, CONTAINER Act
H.R. 6940, Mass Immigration Reduction Act of 2024
H.R. 6941, Criminalize Fleeing from Immigration Enforcement Act of 2024
S. 3933, Laken Riley Act
S. 3927, Justice for Victims of Sanctuary Cities Act of 2024
S. 3923, Immigration Detainer Enforcement Act of 2024
S. 3915, No Community Development Block Grants for Sanctuary Cities Act
H.R. 7580, Immigration Detainer Enforcement Act of 2024
H.R. 7566, CARTEL Act of 2024
S. 3965, Deploy Fentanyl Scanners Act of 2024
H.R. 7649, Protecting our Communities from Sexual Predators Act
Opposing Destruction of Medical Records by CBP
H.R. 7369, CBP HiRe Act of 2024
H.R. 7366, To require timely publication of CBP border encounters, and for other purposes
Opposing H. Res. 957, Denouncing the Biden administration's open-borders policies, condemning the national security and public safety crisis along the southwest border, and urging President Biden to end his administration's open-borders policies.
Transparency on how ICE will stop purchasing commercial telemetry data (CTD)
Opposing H. Res. 1065, Denouncing the Biden administrations immigration policies
End the use of federal criminal prosecutions for migration-related offenses
Children
S. 3065, Fair Day in Court for Kids Act of 2023
Making FAFSA available to youth approved for SIJS
H.R. 6145 / S. 3178, Immigration Court Efficiency and Childrens Court Act of 2023
Ensuring children have adequate post-release services
Ensuring UACs asylum claims are heard quickly
ORR proposed rule replacing Flores Settlement
Supporting EOIR memo providing a specialized juvenile docket
Opposing H.R. 7372, Defending Borders, Defending Democracies Act b/c of its lack of protections for unaccompanied children
Ending the SIJS Backlog
Healthcare for children in detention
Opposing removal of those targeted by immigration raids
S. 3881, CLEAR Act of 2024
Climate
S. 3340, Climate Displaced Persons Act
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)
2022 DACA rule
Finalizing the DACA ACA Rule
Protecting DACA recipients and immigration youth from enforcement
Supporting amicus brief for State of Texas et al. v. United States of America, et al.
Streamlining the process by which DACA holders may obtain another status
DACA advance parole
DACA recipients eligibility for employment-based visa or green card sponsorship, with a focus on PERM and H-1Bs
Higher education for Dreamers (with and without DACA/TPS)
Detention
Closing immigrant detention centers
Family Expedited Removal Management program
Closing open air detention sites
Opposing mandatory detention
Request for status update on immigration detention facilities recommended for closure in 2022 by ICE
Opposing an increase in funding for increased detention beds
Opposing mandatory detention of unaccompanied children
H.R. 7511, Laken Riley Act
H.R. 661, Sarah's Law
H.R. 7415, DIRE Act
DHS funding through White House FY 2025 Budget
S. 4032, Improving Public Safety Through Immigration Warrant Issuance Act
Ending the use of solitary confinement in ICE detention centers
Seeking transparency on deaths under ICE custody
Ending private detention
Voiding New Farmville Detention Center Contracts
Opposing the detention of Haitians in Guantanamo Bay
Halt all deportation flights to Haiti and maritime interdiction removals of Haitians
Accountability for detainee death at NWDC
Employment Authorization
Easing work authorization backlogs to asylum seekers
Expanding work permit automatic extensions
Expand work authorizations for asylum seekers
H.R. 1325, Asylum Seeker Work Authorization Act of 2023
DOL H-2A regulations
DHS H-1B NPRM Modernizing H-1B Requirements, Providing Flexibility in the F-1 Program, and Program Improvements Affecting Other Nonimmigrant Workers
H.R. 4319, Farm Worker Modernization Act of 2023
Promulgate Temporary Increase of the Automatic Extension Period of Employment Authorization and Documentation for Certain Renewal Applicants, RIN 1615-AC78 (Spring 2022)
Family Separation
ICE Family FERM Policy (Family Expedited Removal Management) Policy
H.R.2697 / S. 1187 Fairness to Freedom Act of 2023
Protecting spouses of US Citizens from deportation
Reuniting families stuck in backlogs
Access to legal representation for families separated under Zero Tolerance
Expanding family reunification programs
Foreign Relations & National Security
Opposing the Return of the China Initiative through the Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 Appropriations bill, H.R.5893, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024
H.R. 7571, Americas Act
Opposing the reinstatement of DOJs China Initiative
Humanitarian Protections for Palestinians
H.R. 7335, Transparency in National Security Threats Act
Promoting Regional Cooperation
S. 3234, Government Surveillance Reform Act of 2023
Opposing the expansion of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA)
Immigration Courts
Legal representation programs for adults
Funding for the Immigration Court backlog
Opposing budget cuts to EOIRs Legal Orientation Program
Legalization
H.R. 4627 / S. 2327, Afghan Adjustment Act
H.R. 3599, DIGNIDAD (Dignity) Act of 2023
H.R. 16, Dream and Promise Act of 2023
H.R. 4722, Protect Patriot Spouses Act
H.R. 4694: Protect Patriot Parents Act
Parole
Expansion of parole
Opposing reduction of the Presidents parole authority
Humanitarian Parole for Sudan
Raising awareness of the human rights issues arising from CBP One
CHNV Parole Program
Humanitarian Parole for Afghans
H.Res.1048, Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the plight of Cameroonian immigrants and the continued turmoil and instability in the nation of Cameroon merits a designation of humanitarian parole and calling on the Department of Homeland Security to create a humanitarian parole program for Cameroonians fleeing this violence.
Refugees
Ensuring refugee priorities are adequately funded
Opposing migrant removals in Panama
Secure federal funding for refugees and other newcomers in FY 2024 and FY 2025
Safe Mobility Initiative
Temporary Protected Status (TPS)
Supporting TPS extensions and redesignations
Redesignation of TPS for El Salvador, Cameroon, Nicaragua, Honduras, Syria, Yemen, and Nepal
Designation of TPS for Guatemala
Initial designation of TPS for Mali
Initial designation of TPS/SSR for Democratic Republic of Congo
Initial designation of TPS/DED for Palestine
H.R. 7371, Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Ecuador Act of 2024
H.R. 7034 / S. 3618, TPS for Mauritania Act of 2024
Redesignation and extension of TPS for Haiti, Ethiopia, and Burma
Visas & Benefits Access
Visa recapture
Transparency in Visa Waiver Program MOU With Israel
H.R. 7232, No Visas for Anti-Semitic Students Act
H.R. 6987, Student Visa Security Improvement Act
H.R. 7590, To impose certain conditions on the issuance of diplomatic and student visas to nationals of certain covered nations.
H.R. 7028, Keeping Our Promise Act
H.R. 7220, EB-5 Regional Center Program Advisory Committee Authorization Act
H.R. 7215, To express the sense of Congress that aliens who are present in the United States without lawful status under the immigration laws should not receive any benefit under the Medicare program or under the Medicaid program.
S. 3892, Community Health Worker Access Act
Supporting USCIS Funding in FY25
LGBTQI+ families navigating the family unification processes
Special Student Relief (SSR) for Nigeria
Equitable compensation and protection for agricultural and food system workers
USCIS fee schedule
Recognizing adoptees U.S. citizenship
Clarifying the eligibility for citizenship of people granted inadmissibility waivers
Streamlining and allowing greater flexibility related to the submission of disability naturalization exam exemptions
Issues affecting LPRs whose status may expire while their naturalization applications are pending, by codifying the automatic status extension
Naturalization test redesign
Funding to the USCIS Citizenship and Integration Grant program in during the FY24 appropriations process
Expanding TRIO to Undocumented Students
Improvements to Form I-912, Request for Fee Waiver
Opposing the exclusion of immigrant families from the Child Tax Credit
Equitable access to Rural Housing Service programs
Wellness in the immigrant community
Free tax preparation services for immigrants
Voting
H.R. 7640, No Foreign Persons Administering Our Elections Act
H.R. 6942, Count Only Citizens Act
H.R. 7179, To amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to treat United States Citizenship and Immigration Services field offices as voter registration agencies, and for other purposes.
Other
Opposing Mayorkas Impeachment (H. Res. 863, Impeaching Alejandro Nicholas Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security, for high crimes and misdemeanors)
Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v. U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Opposing data broker contracts with LexisNexis and Thomson Reuters
Deferred action for labor enforcement (DALE) workplace protections for all immigrants
Rooting Out Discrimination and Anti-Blackness in the Immigration System
Ending social media vetting and extraneous data collection
Broadly interpreting prosecutorial discretion
Advocating for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to systematically collect race and ethnicity data
Supporting protections for federal contractor whistleblowers
Advocating for FOIA Requests
Opposing the monitoring of remittance money
Right to access agricultural land
Denouncing dehumanizing anti-immigrant rhetoric
S. 3705, Human Rights Defenders Protection Act of 2024
H.R. 7185, HIDTA Reauthorization Act of 2024
H.R. 7246, American Land and Property Protection Act
H.R. 7311, Combating International Drug Trafficking and Human Smuggling Partnership Act of 2024
S. 3659, Equal Representation Act
H.R. 7263, VISITOR Act
H.R. 7083, RAZOR Act
H.R. 7173, GRACE Act
H.R. 7262, Closing the Workforce Gap Act of 2024
H.R. 6980, DOCTORS Act
H.R. 7048, No Funding for Sanctuary Cities Act
H.R. 7057, Evaluating Financial Impacts of Illegal Immigration Act
H.R. 6831, VERDAD Reauthorization Act
H.R. 7582, Equal Protection for American Workers Act
H.R. 7574, Closing the Workforce Gap Act of 2024
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U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, White House Office, U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS), Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS), Justice - Dept of (DOJ), Natl Security Council (NSC)
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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?
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