Immigration Court Improvement Act of 2019

Lobby on immigration court reform issues and moving the immigration court out of the Department of Justice to an independent court system. S 663 The Immigration Court Improvement Act of 2019; Department of Justice Immigration Judge Quota language in H.R.3055, S.2584, FY 2020 Commerce,Justice,Science Appropriations Act and H.R. 1158, Omnibus Appropriations

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $13,500

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Lobby on immigration court reform issues and moving the immigration court out of the Department of Justice to an independent court system. S 663 The Immigration Court Improvement Act of 2019; Department of Justice Immigration Judge Quota language in H.R.3055, S.2584, FY 2020 CJS Appropriations Act.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $12,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

H.R. 3524, Northern Triangle and Border Stabilization Act of 2019, provisions related to unaccompanied children, standards for children and use of child welfare professionals in federal facilities, expansion of refugee and asylum processing, root causes of migration H.R. 2836/S. 1781, Central American Women and Child Protection Act of 2019, all provisions S. 3540, Central American Reform and Enforcement Act, all provisions, including funding for efforts to address root causes of migration, expanding refugee processing and resettlement, providing legal counsel for children, supporting care of and services for unaccompanied children S. __, Refugee Protection Act (not yet introduced), child welfare professionals at border, TVPRA, and redeterminations of UAC stratus H.R. ___/S. 661, Child Trafficking Victims Protection and Welfare Act, all provisions related to treatment and legal rights of migrant and refugee children at the border, training of staff, screening by child welfare professionals, conditions for children in custody, and tracking of families in immigration system. S. 663, Immigration Court Improvement Act of 2019 S. 662, Fair Day in Court for Kids Act of 2019 H.R. 541/S. 292, Keep Families Together Act, all provisions related to preventing separation and detention of migrant and refugee families and promoting family unity H.R. 6, Dream and Promise Act H.R. 2203, Homeland Security Improvement Act H.R. 3239, Humane Standards for Individuals in CBP Custody Act, all provisions related to standards for children in custody S. 1494, Secure and Protect Act, all provisions H.R. 2522/S. 1303, Humanitarian Upgrades to Manage and Assist our Nations Enforcement (HUMANE) Act of 2019 H.R. 2347 Border and Refugee Assistance Act of 2019 S. 1165, Responsibility for Unaccompanied Minors Act Prevent Child HARM Act, all provisions related to preventing use of information for sponsorship and family reunification for enforcement purposes Budget/Appropriations H.R. __, National Defense Authorization Act, provisions related to use of DOD facilities to house UACs Emergency border supplemental legislation, House and Senate, provisions related to standards for influx facilities, MOA/information sharing about sponsors between DHS and ORR for enforcement, funding for UAC program, funding for educational, recreational, and legal services House and Senate FY20 DHS appropriations-- provisions and report language related to preventing family separation, reporting on use of such practices, hiring child welfare professionals at the border, improving medical care for children, increasing the use of alternatives to detention, preventing the use of sponsor information for immigration enforcement purposes. House and Senate FY20 SFOPs appropriations, provisions and report language related to addressing country conditions and root causes of migration; preventing and combating violence (including sexual and gender-based violence), corruption and impunity, increasing support services and safe shelter for survivors; funding to support strengthening asylum systems and access to protection in the region; funding for US Strategy for Engagement in Central America. House and Senate FY20 LHHS appropriations, funding of UAC program, legal services for UACs Issues Access to legal representation for migrant and asylum-seeking children Detention of and enforcement against migrant and refugee families and children (including separation of families at the border; family reunification; use of family detention and alternatives to detention; DHS-HHS Memorandum of Agreement/screening of and potential ICE enforcement against sponsors; release of children from detention) Conditions in CBP custody (promoting hiring of child welfare professionals for screening, improved medical care for children, monitoring and oversight, standards for separations, prevention of abuse) Use, oversight, standards for and conditions in ORR influx facilities Protections for immigrant and refugee youth and unaccompanied children (including Flores; TVPRA; UAC determinations; Central American Minors Program) Administration of the immigration courts/immigration proceedings Administration of benefits, procedures, and protections for child asylum seekers, child victims of trafficking or severe crime, and those seeking Special Immigrant Juvenile status Root causes of migration/regional stability (funding and policies to address country conditions and violence, including sexual and gender-based violence, and corruption/impunity; enhancing capacity of protection systems and access to protection) Ability of unaccompanied children and asylum seekers to access ports of entry to request humanitarian protection (use of metering, turn-backs, and the Migrant Protection Protocols) Availability of asylum protection and applicable standards/scope of review for survivors of domestic and gang violence, and families USCIS initial jurisdiction over unaccompanied children's asylum claims, policies related to protections for UACs and asylum claims Proposed discussions/negotiations related to a safe third country agreement with Mexico, Guatemala, and countries in the region Recommendations of Homeland Security Advisory Committee regarding care of children in CBP custody

Lobby on immigration court reform issues and moving the immigration court out of the Department of Justice to an independent court system. S 663 The Immigration Court Improvement Act of 2019

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $12,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

National Emergency Declaration Presidential Proclamation 9844: Declaring a National Emergency Concerning the Southern Border of the United States H.J.Res 46 - Relating to a national emergency declared by the President on February 15, 2019 S.J.Res.10 - A joint resolution relating to a national emergency declared by the President on February 15, 2019 House Judiciary Committee Hearing: The National Emergencies Act of 1976 Border Infrastructure S.263 - Full Fair and Complete Exchange Act S. 264 - A bill to prohibit the construction of certain elements of a physical barrier along the southern border of the United States in Federal wildlife and wilderness areas and on State land S.254 - A bill to rescind the authority of the Secretary of Homeland Security to waive Federal law to facilitate the construction of border barriers H.R. 1232 - Rescinding DHS Waiver Authority for Border Wall Act H.R. 1233 - Borderland Takings Defense Fund Act H.R. 1234 - Preventing the Taking of Americans Land to Build Trumps Wall Act Immigration Detention S. 648 - Stop Shackling and Detaining Pregnant Women Act Legalization (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, Temporary Protected Status and Deferred Enforced Departure) and Payment for Employment for Individuals with Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals S.1095/H.R. 668 - American Dream Employment Act of 2019 H.R. 6 - American Dream and Promise Act of 2019 S. 874 - Dream Act of 2019 S. 879 - A bill to provide a process for granting lawful permanent resident status to aliens from certain countries who meet specified eligibility requirements, and for other purposes. House Judiciary Committee Hearing: Protecting Dreamers and TPS Recipients Zero-Tolerance Policy H.R. 883/S.271 - Families Belong Together Act House Energy and Commerce Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Hearing: Examining the Failures of the Trump Administration's Inhumane Family Separation Policy House Judiciary Committee Hearing: Oversight of the Trump Administration Family Separation Policy House Homeland Security Committee Hearing: The Way Forward on Border Security House Homeland Security Committee: The Department of Homeland Securitys Family Separation Policy: Perspectives from the Border Unaccompanied Immigrant Children H.R. 7311 - William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 Flores Settlement Agreement (Flores v. Reno Stipulated Settlement Agreement, 1997) S. 661 - Child Trafficking Victims Protection and Welfare Act of 2019 House Appropriations Labor, Health and Human Services, Education Subcommittee Hearing: Reviewing the Administrations Unaccompanied Children Program Central American Migration Memorandum of Cooperation on Border Security Cooperation in Central America Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing: Oversight of Customs and Border Protection's Response to the Smuggling of Persons at the Southern Border Information Sharing with Immigration and Customs Enforcement Following Gun Background Check H.R. 8 - Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2019 (Motion to Recommit) Local Election Policies for Noncitizens H.R. 1 - For the People Act of 2019 (Motion to Recommit) Agricultural Guest Workers H.R. 641 - Agricultural Worker Program Act of 2019 Muslim-Travel Ban H.R.810/S.246 - A bill to block the implementation of certain presidential actions that restrict individuals from certain countries from entering the United States Refugee Resettlement S.1088 - A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to require the President to set a minimum annual goal for the number of refugees to be admitted, and for other purposes Access to Legal Counsel S. 662 - Fair Day in Court for Kids Act of 2019 Immigration Courts S.663 - Immigration Court Improvement Act of 2019 House Appropriations Commerce, Justice and Science Subcommittee Hearing: Executive Office for Immigration Review Social Security Administration No-Match letters

H.R. 6: American Dream and Promise Act of 2019 S. Amdt. 5: End the Shutdown and Secure the Border Act H.J. Res/ 28 Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2019 S. 663: Immigration Court Improvement Act of 2019 P.L. 116-6: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019 A Fair Day in Court for Kids Act of 2019

Client expense: $20,185 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

S. 662, Fair Day in Court for Kids, all provisions related to access to legal representation for unaccompanied children S. 661, Child Trafficking Victims Protection and Welfare Act, all provisions related to treatment and legal rights of migrant and refugee children at the border, training of staff, screening by child welfare professionals, conditions for children in custody, and tracking of families in immigration system. S. 663, Immigration Court Improvement Act of 2019 H.R. 541/S. 292, Keep Families Together Act, all provisions related to preventing separation and detention of migrant and refugee families and promoting family unity H.R. 7030, Prevent Child HARM Act, all provisions related to preventing use of information for sponsorship and family reunification for enforcement purposes (last Congress) S. 3624, Families, Not Facilities Act, all provisions related to preventing use of information for sponsorship and family reunification for enforcement purposes (last Congress) S. 3540, Central American Reform and Enforcement Act, all provisions, including funding for efforts to address root causes of migration, expanding refugee processing and resettlement, providing legal counsel for children, supporting care of and services for unaccompanied children Department of Homeland Security appropriations-- provisions and report language related to preventing family separation, reporting on use of such practices, hiring child welfare professionals at the border, improving medical care for children, increasing the use of alternatives to detention, preventing the use of sponsor information for immigration enforcement purposes. State and Foreign Operations appropriations, provisions and report language related to addressing country conditions and root causes of migration; preventing and combating violence (including sexual and gender-based violence), corruption and impunity, increasing support services and safe shelter for survivors; funding to support strengthening asylum systems and access to protection in the region; funding for US Strategy for Engagement in Central America. Labor, Health and Human Services appropriations, provisions and report language related to funding for the Unaccompanied Alien Child program and contingency fund; reporting on program funding needs, family separation, oversight of and standards for influx facilities; and report language on legal counsel. House, legislation addressing improved medical care for children in CBP custody House and Senate, legislation providing assistance to address and prevent sexual- and gender-based and domestic violence against women and children in Central America. House, legislation to address root causes of migration from Central America; treatment of asylum seekers, including children, in CBP custody Issues/Administrative: Access to legal representation for migrant and asylum-seeking children Detention of and enforcement against migrant and refugee families and children (including separation of families at the border; family reunification; use of family detention and alternatives to detention; DHS-HHS Memorandum of Agreement/screening of and potential ICE enforcement against sponsors; release of children from detention) Conditions in CBP custody (promoting hiring of child welfare professionals for screening, improved medical care for children, monitoring and oversight, and standards for separations) Use, oversight, and conditions of ORR influx facilities Protections for immigrant and refugee youth and unaccompanied children (including Flores; TVPRA; UAC determinations; Central American Minors Program) Administration of the immigration courts/immigration proceedings; discretion and independence of immigration judges Administration of benefits, procedures, and protections for child asylum seekers, child victims of trafficking or severe crime, and those seeking Special Immigrant Juvenile status Root causes of migration/regional stability (funding and policies to address country conditions and violence, including sexual and gender-based violence, and corruption/impunity; enhancing capacity of protection systems and access to protection) Conditions and safety of children in federal immigration custody (including prevention of sexual abuse and assault; compliance with PREA in ORR facilities) Ability of unaccompanied children and asylum seekers to access ports of entry to request humanitarian protection (use of metering, turn-backs, and the Migrant Protection Protocols) Availability of asylum protection and applicable standards/scope of review for survivors of domestic and gang violence, and families Presidential proclamation and DHS/DOJ interim final rule and related USCIS guidance barring asylum eligibility to certain individuals, including to unaccompanied children Migration Protection Protocols/Remain in Mexico policy and potential impact on migrant and refugee children and families Negotiations related to a safe third country agreement with Mexico and countries in the region