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LETTERS AND TESTIMONY: Immigration Law

The ABA frequently corresponds with Members of Congress, the Executive Branch and other governmental bodies and testifies before Congress on matters of importance to the administration of justice and the legal profession.

111th Congress
Date Recipient Description
08-17-09 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ABA Supports the Removal of the HIV Immigration Ban (Division of Global Migration and Quarantine, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
08-21-09 Executive Office for Immigration Review ABA Supports the Continuation of the Specialized Children’s Docket in the Harlingen, TX Immigration Court
06-03-09 Senate Testimony in support of the Uniting American Families Act (Committee on the Judiciary)
110th 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
109th 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

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