MEXICAN AMERICAN LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATIONAL FUND for MEXICAN AMERICAN LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATIONAL FUND

Civil Rights/Civil Liberties CIV

No bill, federal efforts to stem state Voter ID requirements

Contacted: White House Office; SENATE; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Education, Dept of; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

No bill, EEOC protections against discriminatory use of criminal records in hiring decisions No bill, modifications to Executive Order 11246 on federal contractor nondiscrimination

Contacted: Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Education, Dept of; White House Office

Budget/Appropriations BUD

2012 President's Annual Budget Report to Congress No bill, deficit reduction recommendations to the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction to avoid automatic cuts scheduled to take effect in January 2013

Contacted: Justice, Dept of (DOJ); SENATE; White House Office; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Education, Dept of; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)

Immigration IMM

H.R. 2885, Legal Workforce Act S.1986, Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Visa Act of 2011 S.3185, Securing the Talent America Requires for the 21st Century Act of 2012 S.1258, Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 201 No bill, request for classwide deferred action for DREAM Act eligible immigrant youth S.1925, Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2011

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Education, Dept of; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); White House Office; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); SENATE

Bills named: S. 3185 (111th), S. 1986 (111th), H.R. 2885 (111th), S. 1258 (111th), S. 1925 (111th)

Education EDU

S. ________, Elementary and Secondary Education Reauthorization Act of 2011 Amendments to S. ________, Elementary and Secondary Education Reauthorization Act of 2011 No bill, modifications to the original U.S. Department of Education, gainful employment regulation of certain community colleges and for-profit colleges No bill, release of new U.S Department of Education and U.S. Department of Justice dual dear colleague letters on how elementary and secondary educational institutions and institutions of higher learning can lawfully pursue voluntary policies to achieve diversity or avoid racial isolation No bill, re-release of 2011 U.S. Department of Education and U.S. Department of Justice dear colleague letter on Plyler v. Doe No bill, state flexibility (or waiver) applications under the Elementary and Education Act of 1965

Contacted: Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); SENATE; Education, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)