Legal Immigration Extension Act of 2008

Legislation to reauthorize EB-5 program: S. 2751, State Foreign Investment Improvement Act; S. 3257, Legal Immigration Extension Act of 2008; H.R. 5569, To extend for 5 years the EB-5 regional center pilot program, and for other purposes.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Extension and improvement for the EB5 Regional Immigrant Investor Center Program H.R. 5569 S. 3257 FY 2009 Omnibus Appropriations Economic Stimulus Legislation S.1

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000

Government targets: Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Immigration reform provisions related to highly skilled workers; H-1B program and greens cards: H.R.5642, To increase the numerical limitation with respect to H-1B nonimmigrants for fiscal years 2008 and 2009 H.R.5630, Innovation Employment Act H.R.5515, New Employee Verification Act of 2008 H.R.1930 and S.1083, SKIL Act of 2007 S.3257, Legal Immigration Extension Act of 2008 H.R.5634, New Americans Investor Act H.R.5642, To increase the numerical limitation with respect to H-1B nonimmigrants for fiscal years 2008 and 2009

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $60,000

Legislation to reauthorize EB-5 program: S. 2751, State Foreign Investment Improvement Act; S. 3257, Legal Immigration Extension Act of 2008; H.R. 5569, To extend for 5 years the EB-5 regional center pilot program, and for other purposes.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

S. 3257 Legal Immigration Extension Act of 2008 (E-verify program extension) H.R. 6454 To extend and expand the E-verify program for employment eligibility confirmation, and for other purposes. (E-verify program extension)

Client expense: $50,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Caps of visas F, J, and non-immigrants - student exchanges Amendments to S. 1348 Conrad visas Employment verification (S. 3093, S. 3257, H.R. 6633) Scholarly exchanges and regulations relating to S. 1348 , S. 1639 Immigration bill as it relates to higher education

Client expense: $110,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT)

Immigration reform provisions related to high skilled workers, H-1B program and green cards (H.R.5642, H.R.5630, H.R.5515, H.R.1930, S.1083, S.3257, H.R.5634, H.R.5642); Optional Practical Training rule at Department of Homeland Security, DHS No. ICEB-2008-0002; ILE No. 2124-08; H.R.6039, H.R.5882, H.R.5921, S.2839; supplemental appropriations (H.R.2642, S.1645, S.2363), and Senate Murray Amendment to recapture visas for highly skilled foreign nationals; Department of Labor audit of permanent labor certifications. Electronic Employment Verification Reauthorization Act of 2008 (S.3093) ; (H.R.3882, S.5921) High Skilled Per Country Level Elimination Act; (H.R.4088, S.2366) SAVE Act of 2007; (H.R.6039) To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize certain aliens with Master's/higher degrees from U.S. institutions in field of science, technology, engineering or math to be admitted for permanent residence. (H.R.5642) SUSTAIN Act.

Client expense: $1,350,000 · Firm income: Not reported

HR 5570. The Religious Worker Visa Extension Act of 2008. A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act with respect to the special immigrant nonminister religious worker program, and for other purposes. With other members of an informal coalition of religious organizations, lobbied for its passage in the Senate. Then lobbied for introduction and passage of S 3257. Legal Immigration Extension Act of 2008. A bill to extend immigration programs to promote legal immigration and for other purposes. Finally, lobbied for introduction and passage of S 3606. Special Immigrant Nonminister Religious Worker Program Act. A bill to extend the special immigrant nonminister religous worker program.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

S. 3257 Legal Immigration Extension Act of 2008 (E-verify program extension) H.R. 6454 To extend and expand the E-verify program for employment eligibility confirmation, and for other purposes. (E-verify program extension)

Client expense: $50,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

TBD Discussion with membership regarding "E-Verify" extension for 10 years; HR5882 Immigrant Visas Losat to Bureaucratic Delays & To Prevent Loses of family - & Employment-based immigrant visas in the future - recapture green cards - continued advocacy for legislation. S3257 Legal Immigration Extension Act of 2008 - re: compete America as a vehicle for re-capture. (cont'd) HR6039 Certain Aliens Who Have Earned A Master's Degree or Higer Degree from a U.S. Institution of Higher Education in the Field of STEM to be admitted for permanent residence - strategy for acceptance, higher eduation response to green card legislation and how related to HR5882, HR5921 & HR6039.

Client expense: $40,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

See attached. H.R. 5515 by Sam Johnson (R-TX) New Employee Verification Act of 2008 (Provisions amending the Social Security Act and the Immigration and Nationality Act to prevent unauthorized employment, and to improve coordination of the provisions of such Acts) H.R. 5882 by Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) A bill to recapture employment-based immigrant visas lost to bureaucratic delays and to prevent losses of family and employment-based immigrant visas in the future. (Provisions that would reach back to 1992 and "recapture" employment-based and family-based visas, potentially adding over 550,000 new green cards) H.R. 5924 by Robert Wexler (D-FL) Emergency Nursing Supply Relief Act. (Provision that would lift the cap on employment-based visas for nurses and physical therapists until 2011) H.R. 5950 by Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) Detainee Basic Medical Care Act of 2008. (Provisions that would require the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) "to establish procedures for the delivery of medical and mental health care to all immigration detainees inDHS custody) H.R. 6020 by Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to protect the well-being of soldiers and their families, and for other purposes. (Provisions that would grant any person who served honorably as a member of the U.S. armed forces in certain "contingency operations" the opportunity to become a naturalized citizen) H.R. 6633 by Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) Employee Verification Amendment Act of 2008. (Provisions that would evaluate and extend the basic pilot program for employment eligibility confirmation and to ensure the protection of Social Security beneficiaries) S. 2840 by Chuck Schumer (D-NY) The "Military Personnel Citizenship Processing Act. (Provisions that would establish an office within DHS that would serve as a liaison between that department and the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) in effort to facilitate citizenship applications of both active and former service members and their spouses and minor children S. 3257 by Arlen Specter (R-PA) Legal Immigration Extension Act of 2008. (Provisions related to extending E-Verify for five years and reauthorize several other visa categories) S. 3414 by Robert Menendez (D-NJ) Visa Efficiency and E-Verify Extension Act of 2008. (Provisions which reauthorizes E-Verify for five years, but also includes a provision that would recapture visas that the State Department did not issue in fiscal years 1992 through 2007) S. 3606 by Orrin Hatch (R-UT) The "Special Immigrant Nonminister Religious Worker Program Act." (Provisions relating to The Special Immigrant Nonminister Religious Worker Program that allows certain qualifying religious organizations to sponsor nonminister religious workers for a visa that allows them to permanently immigrate to the United States. 5,000 visas are available in this category annually)

Legislation to reauthorize EB-5 program: S. 2751, State Foreign Investment Improvement Act; S. 3257, Legal Immigration Extension Act of 2008; H.R. 5569, To extend for 5 years the EB-5 regional center pilot program, and for other purposes.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Immigration reform provisions related to highly skilled workers; H-1B program and greens cards: H.R.5642, To increase the numerical limitation with respect to H-1B nonimmigrants for fiscal years 2008 and 2009 H.R.5630, Innovation Employment Act H.R.5515, New Employee Verification Act of 2008 H.R.1930 and S.1083, SKIL Act of 2007 S.3257, Legal Immigration Extension Act of 2008 H.R.5634, New Americans Investor Act H.R.5642, To increase the numerical limitation with respect to H-1B nonimmigrants for fiscal years 2008 and 2009

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $50,000

Immigration reform provisions related to high skilled workers, H-1B program and green cards (H.R.5642, H.R.5630, H.R.5515, H.R.1930, S.1083, S.3257, H.R.5634, H.R.5642); Optional Practical Training rule at Department of Homeland Security, DHS No. ICEB-2008-0002; ILE No. 2124-08; H.R.6039, H.R.5882, H.R.5921, S.2839; supplemental appropriations (H.R.2642, S.1645, S.2363), and Senate Murray Amendment to recapture visas for highly skilled foreign nationals; Department of Labor audit of permanent labor certifications. Electronic Employment Verification Reauthorization Act of 2008 (S.3093) ; (H.R.3882, S.5921) High Skilled Per Country Level Elimination Act; (H.R.4088, S.2366) SAVE Act of 2007; (H.R.6039) To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize certain aliens with Master's/higher degrees from U.S. institutions in field of science, technology, engineering or math to be admitted for permanent residence. (H.R.5642) SUSTAIN Act.

Client expense: $760,000 · Firm income: Not reported

HR 5882, 5921 and 6039 (H-1b and WTO/ Doha trade negotiations); EB Visa reform; S 3084; High Skills in Immigration; S 3257; E-verify, E-5 issues

Client expense: $38,719 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Extension and improvement for the EB5 Regional Immigrant Investor Center Program H.R. 5569 S. 3257

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000

Government targets: Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Immigration reform provisions related to high skilled workers, H-1B program and green cards (H.R.5642, H.R.5630, H.R.5515, H.R.1930, S.1083, S.3257, H.R.5634, H.R.5642); Optional Practical Training rule at Department of Homeland Security, DHS No. ICEB-2008-0002; ILE No. 2124-08; H.R.6039, H.R.5882, H.R.5921, S.2839; supplemental appropriations (H.R.2642, S.1645, S.2363), and Senate Murray Amendment to recapture visas for highly skilled foreign nationals; Department of Labor audit of permanent labor certifications.

Client expense: $450,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office