SHIELD Act

Administrative Relief Nonimmigrant visa access and related waivers; Keeping Families Together parole process; Cancellation of removal as a legal relief outside of INA 240 removal proceedings; INA 212(d)(3) Waivers; Work permits for long-term immigrants, mixed status families, Dreamers without DACA and spouses of U.S. citizens; Streamlining pathways for lawful status for undocumented immigrants; Updating the Foreign Affairs Manual on INA 212(d)(3) Waivers; Legal pathway for family caregivers. Asylum President Bidens Executive Order to Limit Asylum Seekers at the Southern Border. Border and Interior Enforcement Opposing H.R. 8752 - the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2025; DHS FY 2025 Appropriations; Opposing anti-immigrant amendments to the National Defense Authorization Act; Opposing H. Res. 1210 - Condemning the Biden border crisis and the tremendous burdens law enforcement officers face as a result; Opposing H.R. 7909 - Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act; Opposing H.R. 5717 - No Bailout for Sanctuary Cities Act. Children Opposing S.J. Res. 94 - A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval of the proposed rule submitted by the Office of Refugee Resettlement of the Administration for Children and Families of the Department of Health and Human Services relating to the Unaccompanied Children Program Foundational Rule. Citizenship Support USCIS offering electronic fee waiver requests for naturalization. Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) H.R. 16 - American Dream and Promise Act of 2023; DACA recipients receiving coverage under the ACA. Employment Authorization Eliminate the work permit backlog. Legalization H.R. 3599 - DIGNIDAD (Dignity) Act of 2023; S. 4861 (IS) - Destination Reception Assistance Act; H.R.9217 - Destination Reception Assistance Act; H.R. 8980 - SHIELD Act; ITIN Reform and Tax Fairness Act; H.R. 9244 - National Origin-Based Antidiscrimination for Nonimmigrants (NO BAN) Act; S. 4961 - National Origin-Based Antidiscrimination for Nonimmigrants (NO BAN) Act. Parole Humanitarian Parole for Haiti. Refugees Refugee funding in FY 2025 appropriations. Temporary Protected Status (TPS) Designation of TPS/DED for Guatemala; Redesignation and extension of TPS for Haiti. Voting Opposing H.R. 8281 - Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act (SAVE Act); Opposing H.R. 9494 - Continuing Appropriations and Other Matters Act, 2025 (with SAVE Act attached to it). Other Opposing right-wing and anti-immigrant rhetoric used by the GOP; Opposing H. Res. 1371 - Strongly condemning the Biden Administration and its Border Czar, Kamala Harris's, failure to secure the United States border; Opposing anti-immigrant funding in FY 2025 - National Defense Authorization Act; FY25 Appropriations Funding for U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Citizenship and Integration Grant Program; 2025-26 FAFSA form.