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Working for Immigrant Safety and Empowerment Act or the WISE Act This bill expands eligibility for U nonimmigrant visas (victims of criminal activity) and prohibits immigration enforcement activities in specified areas. Generally, U visas are for victims of specified crimes (e.g., rape, trafficking, or domestic violence) who assist with the investigation or prosecution of the crime. The bill adds hate crimes, child abuse, and elder abuse as crimes that may qualify a victim for a U visa and removes criteria related to the victim's assistance with the investigation or prosecution of the crime. Furthermore, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) must provide work authorization to U visa applicants, whereas currently DHS may grant work authorization but is not required to do so. The bill also eliminates the annual numerical cap on U visas. The bill establishes a rebuttable presumption that certain individuals, including U visa applicants and T visa (victims of human trafficking) applicants, shall not be detained while the application is pending. Additionally, the bill provides immigration-related protections, such as by extending the admission period and providing work authorization, to the spouse or child of a nonimmigrant visa holder who subjected that spouse or child to battery or extreme cruelty. Further, the bill prohibits, with some exceptions for exigent circumstances, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement or U.S. Customs and Border Protection from conducting immigration enforcement actions within 1,000 feet of a school, health care facility, place of worship, or other location specified in the bill.
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2025 · fourth_quarter · Immigration
Support the No Round Up Act (HR 2129) Support the NO BAN Act (HR 924/S 398) Support the American Dream and Promise Act (HR 1589) Support the Protect Sensitive Locations Act (HR 1061/S 455) Oppose the No Bailout for Sanctuary Cities Act (HR 32) Oppose the Preventing Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act (HR 30) Support the No Round Up Act (HR 2129) Support the Working for Immigrant Safety and Empowerment Act (WISE Act) (HR 2851) Support the Reuniting Families Act (HR 6565/S 3419) Support the Dignity for Detained Immigrants Act (HR 6397) Support the Dream Act
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Agriculture, Education and Workforce, Energy and Commerce, and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Introduced in House
Congress.gov source codes: 1000, Intro-H
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Client expense: $10,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, White House Office
2025 · third_quarter · Immigration
Support the No Round Up Act (HR 2129) Support the NO BAN Act (HR 924/S 398) Support the American Dream and Promise Act (HR 1589) Support the Protect Sensitive Locations Act (HR 1061/S 455) Oppose the No Bailout for Sanctuary Cities Act (HR 32) Oppose the Preventing Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act (HR 30) Support the No Round Up Act (HR 2129) Support the Working for Immigrant Safety and Empowerment Act (WISE Act) (HR 2851)
Client expense: $10,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, White House Office
2025 · second_quarter · Immigration
H.R.4104/S.2149, Health Equity and Access under the Law for Immigrant Families Act of 2025 H.R.3763/S.1965, Protect Vulnerable Immigrant Youth Act S.1297, Fair Day in Court for Kids Act of 2025 H.R.2851, WISE Act H.R.1, One Big Beautiful Bill Act (provisions related to unaccompanied children) H.R.1144, Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act of 2025 H.R.4213, Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026 Issues related to Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026 Issues related to Departments of Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026 Issues related to State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2026 Issues related to ORR interim final rule and legal services for unaccompanied children Issues related to TVPRA and Flores protections for unaccompanied children Issues related to childrens dockets in immigration court Issues related to HSI/ICE engagement with unaccompanied children Issues related to SIJS and SIJS Deferred Action Program Issues related to funding for child welfare professionals in CBP facilities Issues related to the return and reintegration of unaccompanied children Issues related to fingerprinting requirements for UC sponsors Issues related to missing children/ICE wellness checks Issues related to ORR-DHS information sharing Issues related to Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 Issues related to the Flores settlement agreement Issues related to NTA filings Issues related to DOJ legal orientation programs Issues related to family separation Issues related to juvenile dockets in immigration court Issues related to juvenile docket observations and findings Issues related to child migration Issues related to the Childrens Court Act Issues related to Immigration Court Efficiency and Childrens Court Act Issues related to EOIR funding Issues related to fees for asylum Issues related to fingerprinting/ICE check-ins Issues related to stop work order for UCP contract Issues related to ORR oversight Issus related to long-term foster care placements in Seattle DHS,/HHS, Interim Final Rule with Comment Period (IFR): Unaccompanied Children Program Foundational Rule; Update To Accord With Statutory Requirements (90 Fed. Reg. 13554, Mar. 25, 2025), RIN 0970-AD16 DHS, Interim Final Rule with Comment Period (IFR), Alien Registration Form and Evidence of Registration (90 Fed. Reg. 11793, Mar. 12, 2025), RIN 1615-AC96 Proposed Information Collection Activity: Unaccompanied Alien Children Sponsor Application Packet (Office of Management and Budget #0970-0278), 90 Fed. Reg. 1743.
Client expense: $130,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE)
2025 · second_quarter · Immigration
Support the No Round Up Act (HR 2129) Support the NO BAN Act (HR 924/S 398) Support the American Dream and Promise Act (HR 1589) Support the Protect Sensitive Locations Act (HR 1061/S 455) Oppose the No Bailout for Sanctuary Cities Act (HR 32) Oppose the Preventing Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act (HR 30) Support the No Round Up Act (HR 2129) Support the Working for Immigrant Safety and Empowerment Act (WISE Act) (HR 2851)
Client expense: $10,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, White House Office
2025 · first_quarter · Immigration
H.R.1144, Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act of 2025 H.R.2851, To extend immigration benefits to survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, human trafficking, and other gender-based violence, and for other purposes H.R.1589, American Dream and Promise Act of 2025 H.R.32, No Bailout for Sanctuary Cities Act S.5/H.R.29, Laken Riley Act S.391/H.R. 944, Access to Counsel Act of 2025 S.1297, A bill to provide counsel for unaccompanied children, and for other purposes Issues related to Keeping Families Together Act Issues related to Fair Day in Court for Kids Act Issues related to Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026 (provisions related to legal services) Issues related to legal services for unaccompanied children Issues related to legal services funding Issues related to ICE enforcement and the use of military bases to house children Issues related to the Flores settlement agreement Issues related to kids in CBP custody and family detention Issues related to ORR Policy Guide section 2.2.4 on sponsor documentation for release Issues related to DHS-HHS information sharing Issues related to legal support to children and families in Mexico Issues related to missing unaccompanied children Issues related to ICE targeting sponsors for enforcement Issues related to hiring and deployment of child welfare professionals at U.S. southern border Issues related to Luttrell-Suozzi bipartisan immigration framework Issues related to fingerprinting/ICE check-ins Issues related to NTA filings/rocket dockets Issues related to unaccompanied childrens return and reintegration Issues related to protection of unaccompanied children in transit and in Mexico Issues related to DOJ legal orientation programs Issues related to Unaccompanied Alien Child Bureau Issues related to family separation Issues related to border processing Issues related to sponsor placements/vetting Issues related to SIJS Issues related to the reintroduction of the Protect Vulnerable Immigrant Youth Act Issues related to the Immigration Court Efficiency and Childrens Court Act Issues related to threats to immigrants Issues related to stop work order for UCP contract Issues related to Central American Minors (CAM) program Issues related to juvenile docket observations and findings Issues related to Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 HHS/ORR, Interim Final Rule with Comment Period (IFR), Investigations of Child Abuse and Neglect Rule (89 Fed. Reg. 93498, Nov. 27, 2024), RIN 0970-AD10 Issues related to Executive Orders impacting immigration and unaccompanied children Issues related to ORR policy changes Issues related to privacy for immigrants Issues related to refugee processing Issues related to Department of Justice legal orientation programs Issues related to recission of Memorandum on Childrens Cases in Immigration Court
Client expense: $150,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE), White House Office
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| April 10, 2025 |
| Ways and Means Committee | House | Referred To | April 10, 2025 |
| Judiciary Committee | House | Referred To | April 10, 2025 |
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| Becca Balint | Democratic | VT |
| Daniel S. Goldman | Democratic | NY |
| Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Democratic | FL |
| Delia C. Ramirez | Democratic | IL |
| Eleanor Holmes Norton | Democratic | DC |
| George Latimer | Democratic | NY |
| Grace Meng | Democratic | NY |
| Greg Casar | Democratic | TX |
| Gwen Moore | Democratic | WI |
| Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Democratic | GA |
| Ilhan Omar | Democratic | MN |
| J. Luis Correa | Democratic | CA |
| James P. McGovern | Democratic | MA |
| Janice D. Schakowsky | Democratic | IL |
| Jerrold Nadler | Democratic | NY |
| Jesús G. "Chuy" García | Democratic | IL |
| Jimmy Panetta | Democratic | CA |
| Joaquin Castro | Democratic | TX |
| Juan Vargas | Democratic | CA |
| Judy Chu | Democratic | CA |
| Kelly Morrison | Democratic | MN |
| Lateefah Simon | Democratic | CA |
| Mark Pocan | Democratic | WI |
| Mary Gay Scanlon | Democratic | PA |
| Melanie A. Stansbury | Democratic | NM |
| Nanette Diaz Barragán | Democratic | CA |
| Nikema Williams | Democratic | GA |
| Nydia M. Velázquez | Democratic | NY |
| Rashida Tlaib | Democratic | MI |
| Ro Khanna | Democratic | CA |
| Salud O. Carbajal | Democratic | CA |
| Sam T. Liccardo | Democratic | CA |
| Sean Casten | Democratic | IL |
| Shri Thanedar | Democratic | MI |
| Summer L. Lee | Democratic | PA |
| Sylvia R. Garcia | Democratic | TX |
| Val T. Hoyle | Democratic | OR |
| Yassamin Ansari | Democratic | AZ |
| Yvette D. Clarke | Democratic | NY |