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1 Feb 2021 President Joe Biden’s nominee to lead the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Alejandro Mayokras, has dodged questions about his intervention as head of the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to help wealthy foreign nationals secure EB-5 visas, a letter entered into the Senate record claims. In a January 15 letter to Mayorkas, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) alleged that the former USCIS chief has not been transparent about his role and involvement in a series of EB-5 visa cases. Mayorkas was reported by multiple USCIS staffers for intervening in three speci...

Support grows for inclusion of EB-5 reforms in FY2021 omnibus appropriations bill Friday, December 11, 2020 by Kim Riley © Shutterstock Congress should include integrity reform measures and a long-term reauthorization of the EB-5 Regional Center Program in the fiscal year 2021 omnibus appropriations bill, according to almost a dozen congressional lawmakers in a letter sent to federal lawmakers. One existing piece of proposed federal legislation contains such provisions: the bipartisan EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act, S. 2540, introduced...

IIUSA supports new Grassley-Leahy amendment bolstering EB-5 reform bill Wednesday, December 9, 2020 by Kim Riley © Shutterstock The board of directors of Invest in the USA (IIUSA), a national membership-based, not-for-profit trade association for the EB-5 Regional Center Program, on Tuesday voiced support for a proposed amendment to bipartisan legislation that would bolster integrity and reform measures for the EB-5 immigrant investor visa program.  U.S. Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Patrick Leahy (D-VT) are expected soon to intr...