2026 

• August 2026: Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), Administration for Children and Families (ACF), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Unaccompanied Children Program Foundational Rule; Sponsor Assessment Update to Include Proof of Identity, Background Check, Placement, and Income Verification Standards 

• May 2026: Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) Interim Rule “Unaccompanied Children Program Foundation Rule: Update to Accord with Statutory Requirements”

• April 2026: (HUD) Proposed Rule “Housing and Community Development Act of 1980: Verification of Eligible Status (FR-6534).

2025​

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• US Department of Health and Human Services Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA) Interpretation of “Federal Public Benefit”​

• Division of Unaccompanied Children Policy, Unaccompanied Children Bureau, Office of Refugee Resettlement, Administration for Children and Families, Department of Health and Human Services. Interim Rule “Unaccompanied Children Program Foundation Rule: Update to Accord with Statutory Requirements”

• US Department of Homeland Security and US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) on the Interim Final Rule “Alien Registration Form and Evidence of Registration” (RIN 1615-AC96)

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2021-2022​

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• E-mail to US Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Secretary in opposition to the expansion of “Influx Care Facilities (ICF)” for children.

• US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Identifying Recommendations to Support the Work of the Interagency Task Force on the Reunification of Families (DHS-2021-0051)​

• Department of Homeland Security (DHS) New Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Program Regulations. Co-authored the Coalition for Immigrant Mental Health’s sign-on letter that was submitted to the federal registrar with 23 organizations and 38 individuals in support of recommendations to fortify the DACA program.​​​

2020​​​

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• US Customs and Immigration Services (USCIS) Sponsor Affidavit Requirements

•  DHS/USCIS J, H, and I Visa Eligibility

• USCIS and Department of Justice Asylum Ban during Covid-19 Pandemic

• Jointly filed Asylum Rule Change (*1 clinical and 1 research comment submitted)​

2018-2019​​

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• USCIS Proposed Application Fee Increases

• Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Subsidized Housing Eligibility (June 2019)

• USCIS Proposed Community “tip form”

• Social Security Administration (SSA) Social Security Disability Insurance Eligibility​​

• US Dept. of Agriculture (USDA) Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Eligibility

• USCIS Determination of Public Charge

• DHS and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Flores Settlement Agreement implementation guidelines