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LETTERS AND TESTIMONY: Immigration Law

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110^th Congress
Date	Recipient	Description
07-15-08	Senate	Letter urging a vote against an amendment to S. 2731 striking a ban on HIV-positive visitors to the United States.
06-04-08	House	Written statement on actions needed to address the deficiencies in the Provision of Medical Care to Immigration Detainees. (Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security and International Law)
10-23-07	Senate	Letter supporting S. 2205, the Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2007 (DREAM Act)
05-15-07	Senate	Letter urging comprehensive immigration reform legislation that will provide essential changes to the U.S. immigration system
04-17-07	House	Letter expressing views on selected provisions of H.R. 1645, the Security Through Regularized Immigration and a Vibrant Economy Act of 2007 (STRIVE Act)
03-15-07	House	Written statement outlining a number of steps that should be taken to address the lack of meaningful access to legal information and legal representation experienced by many immigrants in detention (House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Border, Maritime and Global Counterterrorism)
02-01-07	DHS	Letter regarding Detainee Transfer Standard (Department of Homeland Security)
01-31-07	DHS	Letter regarding petition for rule-making to promulgate regulations governing detention standards for immigration detainees (Department of Homeland Security)
01-22-07	House & Senate	Letter supporting legislation that would provide for derivative Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for children whose parents are granted TPS

109^th Congress
Date	Recipient	Description
10-03-06	DHS	Letter opposing the separation of detained Salvadoran families in South Texas (Office of Detention and Removal Operations, Department of Homeland Security)
09-20-06	House	Letter opposing H.R. 6094 and H.R. 6095
05-19-06	Senate	Letter supporting Violence Against Women Act (Committee on the Judiciary)
05-17-06	Senate	Letter commenting on the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2006
05-17-06	Senate	Letter supporting the Brownback/Lieberman Amendment regarding immigration detention
04-26-06	Senate	Letter supporting the Leahy-Coleman amendment to H.R. 4939, the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act (Committee on the Judiciary)
04-06-06	Senate	Letter supporting the Brownback/Lieberman Amendment regarding immigration detention
04-04-06	Senate	Letter supporting comprehensive immigration reform legislation
03-27-06	Senate	Letter commenting on the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act
02-28-06	Senate	Letter opposing Sen. Specter’s Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2006
12-13-05	House	Letter opposing H.R. 4437, the Border Protection, Antiterrorism, and Illegal Immigration Control Act of 2005
09-30-05	DHS	Letter supporting protection of women refugees from gender violence (Department of Homeland Security)
05-19-05	EOIR	Letter regarding policy on unaccompanied minors in the Immigration Court (Executive Office for Immigration Review)
04-13-05	Senate	Letter commenting on H.R. 418, the REAL ID Act of 2005
02-09-05	House	Letter commenting on H.R. 418, the REAL ID Act of 2005