Immigration

Immigration

Alexander X. Wang | Marks Paneth LLP

Immigration policy may be a sore point in Washington, DC, but one immigration program has been a resounding success. The EB-5 visa program, created by the Immigration Act of 1990, provides a fast track to a U.S. green card for foreign investors who promise to create jobs for U.S. workers. The...

Immigration

Careen Shannon | Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP

The United States is facing an unprecedented refugee crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border, with the arrival in recent months of tens of thousands of unaccompanied children from Central America. In a White House briefing on August 6, 2014, Vice President Joe Biden and other senior government officials...

Immigration

Michael D. Patrick | Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP

When the amended Foreign Exchange Visitor Program regulations take effect in early January 2015, all organizations that act as sponsors or host organizations will have new obligations. Recently, highly publicized incidents have exposed some organizations’ misuse of the exchange program....