Haiti Criminal Collusion Transparency Act of 2023

Urged select House and Senate offices to support the creation of an immigration court for children. Urged President Biden to finalize the proposed rule that would give DACA recipients, as well as certain immigrants children, access to health coverage. Urged the Biden Administration to rescind its waiver of 26 environmental and public health laws to rush border wall construction, and to pause all planning related to the project. Urged Biden Administration to facilitate the reunification of immigrant families who have been trapped in extensive family visa backlogs for years by: 1) allowing the reclaiming of unused green cards; 2) providing parole for people in family-based green card backlogs; and 3) expanding family reunification parole programs. Letter to President, Vice President, Homeland Security, Dept of Justice, Dept of State, White House Chief of Staff, NSA opposing immigration policy harms - particularly those impacting asylum seekers - that seem to be in jeopardy, using asylum seekers as pawns in exchange for the passage of basic funding legislation. Urged the Biden administration and Congress to reject a legislative deal reportedly under consideration by the administration that would pair funding for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan with extreme and permanent restrictions on the U.S. asylum system. Urged Schumer and McConnell to bring to a vote S396, the Haiti Criminal Collusion Transparency Act. The legislation is designed to hold gang leaders and their supporters accountable through a variety of means, This is one thing the U.S. can do to address the violence in Haiti, a root cause of forced migration. Advocacy work with the Alliance to End Human Trafficking focused on reducing the vulnerability of immigrants and migrants to human trafficking. Advocacy focus areas include: ● Inclusion of provisions in both the International Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2023 (S. 920) and the Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act of 2023 (H.R. 5856) that address the root causes of forced migration. While all people enjoy the right to migrate in search of safety and security, they also have the right to remain in their home countries living with dignity. We will advocate for the inclusion of provisions that provide: o U.S. aid for sustainable development and humanitarian assistance that provides support for food security, housing, employment, education and healthcare in local communities; o Support for both internally displaced persons and refugees that enables them to avoid undertaking the treacherous journey to the United States; and o Financial support to non-governmental organizations that seeks to enable people to remain in their home countries in safety and to broaden the network of care for those in dangerous circumstances. ● Rapid work authorizations for asylum seekers (H.R. 1325). The Asylum Seeker Work Authorization Act would direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to provide employment authorization for asylum applicants (provided they are not in detention and the application is not determined frivolous) 30 days after their filing of the asylum application. The inability to work leaves people vulnerable to exploitation. H.R. 1325 would enable asylum applicants to get to work and sustain themselves and their families; and ● Passage of the Immigration Court Efficiency and Childrens Court Act of 2023 (H.R. 6145 / S. 3178). This bill would assist and protect unaccompanied children, including those in need of protection from trafficking, as they navigate the complex U.S. immigration system.

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Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Security Agency (NSA), President of the U.S., SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Vice President of the U.S., White House Office

Issues related to annual report to Congress in Haiti Criminal Collusion Transparency Act of 2023 - S.396 and H.R. 1684

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Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Issues related to annual report to Congress in Haiti Criminal Collusion Transparency Act of 2023 - S.396 and H.R.1684

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