The EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program, created in 1990 under the Immigration Act, provides a pathway for foreign nationals to obtain U.S. residency through investments in American businesses that generate jobs. Tuesday,...more
2/27/2025
/ Constitutional Challenges ,
EB-5 ,
Executive Orders ,
Foreign Nationals ,
Immigration Procedures ,
Immigration Reform ,
Investment ,
Separation of Powers ,
Trump Administration ,
USCIS ,
Visas
As anticipated, the 47th president issued a series of Executive Orders on his first day in office, one of which has caught significant attention within the EB-5 industry. The order, titled "Protecting the Meaning and Value of...more
1/24/2025
/ American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
EB-5 ,
Executive Orders ,
Fourteenth Amendment ,
Immigration Procedures ,
Investment ,
Lawful Permanent Residents ,
Legislative Agendas ,
National Security ,
New Legislation ,
SCOTUS ,
Trump Administration ,
USCIS
Family members who enter into a private business together are taking on double risk. They face the same types of challenges that all owners and investors face in operating/investing in a business, but they are also exposed to...more
Most private businesses have bylaws, company agreements or partnership agreements that govern their operations, but these agreements are often silent, or not well thought out, regarding issues that may become critically...more
Subsequent to the March 15, 2022, enactment of the EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act of 2022 (the “Integrity Act”), the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), an agency of the Department of Homeland Security...more
9/12/2022
/ Borrowers ,
Class Action ,
EB-5 ,
EB-5 Regional Centers ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Real Estate Development ,
Secretary of DHS ,
Settlement ,
Settlement Agreements ,
Shareholder Litigation ,
Shareholders ,
USCIS
In the evening hours of March 9, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a $1.5 trillion spending bill that would fund the U.S. government through the rest of the fiscal year and provide $13.6 billion to respond to Russia’s...more
The EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program is one that attracts its fair share of attention, not all of it good, and too much of it from organizations named with that part of the alphabet — SEC and DOJ — that can strike fear in the...more
3/23/2021
/ Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
EB-5 ,
Foreign Investment ,
Foreign Nationals ,
Immigrant Investor Program ,
Investigations ,
Investors ,
IRS ,
Pending Litigation ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
USCIS