MEXICAN AMERICAN LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATIONAL FUND for MEXICAN AMERICAN LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATIONAL FUND
What was lobbied
4 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.
Constitution CON
-- advocated for the confirmation of Goowin Liu to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (no bill).
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| JAMES A FERG CADIMA | — |
Civil Rights/Civil Liberties CIV
-- advocated for greater engagement by DOJ to foster compliance by state courts under Title VI of the Civil Right Acts national original protections requiring recipients of federal assistance to offer language assistance services (no bill). -- advocated for full funding of the Census Bureau (no bill). -- advocated for Department of Justice involvement in state redistricting (no bills).
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| JAMES A FERG CADIMA | — |
| VERONICA RIVERA | — |
Immigration IMM
-- advocated against H.R. 2164, the Legal Workforce Act for expanding and mandating use a flawed E-Verify. -- advocated against Secure Communities, an initiative of the Department of Homeland Security, for constitutional concerns (no bill). -- advocated for greater presence and oversight of Department of Justice in states that have enacted anti-immigrant laws (no bill). -- advocated for passage of and modification to H.R.1842 and S.952, the Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2011; S.1258, the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2011.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| JAMES A FERG CADIMA | — |
| THOMAS ANDREW SAENZ | — |
Education EDU
-- advocated against H.R.1891, the Setting New Priorities in Education Spending Act, for eliminating 40-plus federal education programs and efforts. -- advocated against H.R.2445, the State and Local Funding Flexibility Act, for eliminating and weakening various federal education programs. -- advocate for modification of S.___, a Harkin-Enzi bill to reauthorize P.L. 107-101, No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (a.k.a. the Elementary and Secondary Education Act), concerning Titles I, II, and III to strengthen education standards, assessments, progress benchmarks, data disaggregation, migrant education, English language learner education, teacher distribution, and accountability for all students in all schools (no bill number). -- advocated for the Department of Education to take up a transparent and narrowly tailored waiver process to allow states to request changes to their No Child Left Behind standards under the authority given the Department under Title IX of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, as amended (no bill). -- advocated for funds to retain teachers under White Houses forthcoming the American Jobs Act (no bill number). -- advocated for the release of regulatory guidance by the Department of Education concerning (1) the voluntary use of race conscious efforts to foster diversity in K-12 and higher education and (2) the education of undocumented students (no bill). -- advocated for modifications to a draft Senate bill to reauthorize the Workforce Investment Acts adult civics and English as a Second Language provisions (no bill number). -- advocated for a translations of the free and reduced price lunch application template created by USDA (no bill). -- advocated for congressional support for states adopting common core education standards under the Department of Educations Race to the Top and College and Career Ready initiatives (no bill). -- advocated against budget cuts to Department of Education budget and federal education programs serving Latino students, migratory students, and English language learners (no bill).
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| JAMES A FERG CADIMA | — |
| VERONICA RIVERA | — |
Shown as published by the Senate Office of Public Records and the House Clerk under the Lobbying Disclosure Act. The official filing is the record; open it for the full form.