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Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice LAW

Supported House and Senate criminal justice reform legislation, including the Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act of 2015.

Contacted: White House Office; Education, Dept of; SENATE; Treasury, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Opposed legislative proposals and amendments that would deny immigrant eligibility for the Child Tax Credit, including H.R. 4722.

Contacted: Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); SENATE; Treasury, Dept of; Education, Dept of; White House Office; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 4722 (114th)

Health Issues HCR

Monitored legislative proposals that would undermine the Affordable Care Act; discussed ways to improve a provision in the Improving Child Nutrition Integrity and Access Act of 2016" that would increase verification for school meal programs; opposed legislation that would reduce funding for the Children's Health Insurance Program (H.R. 4725).

Contacted: Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); White House Office; Treasury, Dept of; SENATE; Education, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)

Bills named: H.R. 4725 (114th)

Consumer Issues/Safety/Products CSP

Opposed legislative proposals that would undermine the Dodd-Frank Act and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office; SENATE; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); Treasury, Dept of; Education, Dept of

Immigration IMM

Supported appropriations language to fund USCIS' Citizenship and Integration Grant; opposed legislative proposals to defund/block DAPA and DACA; opposed anti-immigrant and anti-refugee proposals and supported legislation to provide counsel to immigrants in legal proceedings.

Contacted: SENATE; Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Education, Dept of; White House Office; Treasury, Dept of

Education EDU

Supported increased funding for English learners in appropriations bills; monitored Congressional oversight of ESSA implementation; monitored proposals to reauthorize the Higher Education Act and career and technical education, focusing on the potential impact to English learners; supported Dr. John King's nomination to be Secretary of Education.

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); White House Office; SENATE; Treasury, Dept of; Education, Dept of

Economics/Economic Development ECN

Supported Congressional efforts to find a solution Puerto Rico's financial and humanitarian crisis through orderly debt restructuring and other pro-growth policies; monitored development of the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act (PROMESA).

Contacted: Education, Dept of; SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Treasury, Dept of; Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); White House Office; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)