With the hard economic times today and the reality that many traditional sources of financing are unavailable, many U.S. companies are turning towards U.S. immigration laws to obtain money. The EB-5 investor visa program can provide U.S. companies an unusual source of financing-a foreign investor can receive a visa for…
On November 23, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Office of Homeland Security Investigations (HIS) sentenced Bao Ping Wang and Trang Lu to 18 months in prison with two months probation for hiring and harboring illegal aliens. Along with their sentencing, the two defendants were required to pay $1.2 million,…
On December 14, US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced the implementation of the pilot program “Ready Lane” which will go into effect Sunday December 19 and run for 90 days. The “Ready Lane” pilot program will be located at the El Paso port of entry/Ysleta international crossing. It is…
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The town of Brookline, Massachusetts has approved a measure that will someday allow immigrants with a green card to vote once voted on by the Legislature. Similar measures in San Francisco and Portland were turned down but because Brookline is such a highly diverse area where 53 languages are spoken…
On November 23, US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) launched their first-ever standardized form for requesting fee waivers on the fees charged for immigration-benefit processing (Form-912, Request for Fee Waiver). The fee waiver is a reflection of contributions made by stakeholders, community organizations and the public after USCIS heard concerns…
Representative Steve King (R-IA) plans to take on birthright citizenship as likely chairman of a House subcommittee on Immigration. King says that the Framers of the Constitution weren’t thinking about babies of illegal immigrants when they passed the 14th amendment in the Dred Scott case because there was no immigration…
The United States Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) has updated the count of H-1B petitions received and counted towards the 65,000 cap. As of December 10th, 2010, 52,400 H-1B Regular CAP subject non-immigrant visa petitions have been filed with the USCIS towards the 65,000 cap. As of December 10th, 2010,…
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Office of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) charged Genova Navarro and Dianne Racity on November 17 for impersonating federal officers, aiding and abetting as well as harboring illegal immigrants. In addition to Navarro and Racity, Alicia Domench- Van Rhyn was charged with conspiracy charges. The…
According to Open Doors 2010, an annual report published by the Institute of International Education, there has been record growth of international students enrolling in US colleges and universities during the 2009-2010 academic year. The rise was driven by a 30 percent increase in Chinese students enrolling in the US;…