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I-VETS Act

1725

115th Congress

Immigration

In Committee

I-VETS Act

Legislative Progress

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Introduced

Committee

Floor Vote

Other Chamber

Enacted

Introduced

August 2, 2017

Latest Action

August 2, 2017

Primary Sponsor

Tammy DuckworthDemocratic(IL)

Momentum (last 30 days)

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0 actions · 0 new cosponsors · 0 votes

Speed vs cohort

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vs 3,805 other S bills in the 115th — cohort avg 41d

Summary

Immigrant Veterans Eligibility Tracking System Act or the I-VETS Act This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), upon an alien's application for an immigration benefit or the placement of such alien in an immigration enforcement proceeding, to: determine if the alien is serving, or has served, as a member of a regular or reserve component of the Armed Forces on active duty or as a member of a reserve component in an active status; and annotate every DHS immigration and naturalization record relating to such an alien to reflect such membership and to afford an opportunity to track the outcomes for each alien.

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THE CASHMAN GROUP D.B.A. (1)

JOSE GERARDO OCHOAclient→THE CASHMAN GROUP D.B.A.

2017 · second_quarter · Budget/Appropriations

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Client, Jose Gerardo Ochoa, is a U.S. Citizen born in Oklahoma. The Honduran Government expropriated 435 acres of land located in Tela, Honduras and illegally transferred titles to a Honduran congressman. For the past 23 years, the client has tried remedying this through Honduran channels to no avail. In December 2015, the bill known as S. 1725, "Support for the Plan of the Alliance for Prosperity in the Northern Triangle of Central America" was signed. The Cashman Group during this quarter made contact with Senate Appropriations Chair Senator Lankford and brought Mr. Ochoa to D.C. to brief Senator Lankford's staff on the human rights and land rights abuses incurred by my client and, to seek remedy under section 7045 asking the Senator to present the client's and other U.S. citizens' cases before the Appropriations Committee and to uphold Section 7045 by withholding further economic assistance until the Honduran Government resolves his situation in a timely manner. On behalf of the client, The Cashman Group offered a suggested amendment to the sanctions language which would strengthen and clarify such withholding in the interest of combating corruption.