• Appropriations work regarding the reception, care, and safe reunification of unaccompanied children in the U.S.; preparation for and meetings with House and Senate staff relating to negotiations on White House supplemental spending request; preparation for multiple Congressional briefings for solutions for asylum seekers; preparation, materials, and meetings with House and Senate offices regarding H.R. 815, Border Act provisions, anticipated immigration law changes; consulting on immigration legislation not yet introduced; materials, preparation and meetings with House and Senate offices regarding the FY24 and FY25 budgets and text for border and asylum related provisions; material development and meetings on prevention of sexual assault and exploitation of unaccompanied children in USG custody; preparation and meetings with White House Domestic Policy Council; State Department (USAID and PRM), DHS officials regarding asylum policy and processing practices; material development and meetings regarding the prevention of child labor exploitation; sending emails to Congressional offices to keep them informed of #WelcomeWithDignitys solutions and positions on proposed changes to asylum; preparation for and meetings with White House, NSC, DPC, DHS, ICE, CBP, USCIS and Executive Branch officials related to policies on asylum, case management and alternatives to detention, reception of migrants and people seeking asylum in the interior, family separation and reunification, and the border. Legislation: H.R. 815
• Appropriations work regarding the reception, care, and safe reunification of unaccompanied children in the U.S., communication regarding White House supplemental spending request; draft recommendations for FY 2025 appropriations bills around case management, alternatives to detention, and reception of people seeking asylum; materials, preparation, and meetings with House and Senate offices regarding the FY24 and FY25 budgets and text for border and asylum related provisions, H.R 815, Border Act provision and anticipated immigration law changes; consulting on immigration legislation not yet introduced. Legislation: FY24 and FY25 budgets, FY25 appropriations legislation, H.R 815, Border Act provision

Duration: August 2, 2014 to present

General Issues: Immigration, Budget/Appropriations, Foreign Relations, Transportation, Civil Rights/Civil Liberties

Spending: about $190,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

It can be tricky to figure out how much an organization spent on a particular lobbying engagement. The law only requires lobbyists to report the amount they were paid for federal lobbying each quarter rounded to the nearest $10,000—and if it's less than $3,000 in a given quarter (or less than $13,000 for organizations with in-house lobbyists), they don't have to disclose it at all. Plus, some organizations include spending that doesn’t belong in the report—for instance, money spent lobbying state governments or other legal work.

Agencies lobbied since 2014: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS), Natl Security Council (NSC), Labor - Dept of (DOL), U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE), U.S. Customs & Border Protection, Administration for Children & Families (ACF), State - Dept of (DOS), Justice - Dept of (DOJ), White House Office, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Executive Office of the President (EOP), U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS), Justice - Dept of (DOJ), Office of the Vice President of the United States