EFTA Document EFTA01420765

Subject: Advocates Hope Trump Puts Kibosh On Stricter EB-5 Rules; Last Night At Bisnow's Power Women Event From: Bisnow New York <newsletter@news.bisnow.com> Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2019 16:26:00 -0400 To: Stricter EB-5 Rules Are Coming Soon. Advocates Hope Trump Kills Them. Stricter EB-5 Rules Are Coming Soon. Advocates Hope Trump Kills Them. {SUBSCRIBE FOR FREE} {MANAGE EMAIL PREFERENCES} {Bisnow - (Almost) Never Boring} July 18, 2019 Stricter EB-5 Rules Are Coming Soon. Advocates Hope Trump Kills Them. Bronx mixed-use industrial spotlight from Andrea Himmel at Bronx State Of The Market Aug. 15 The EB-5 program allocates 10,000 visas per year for foreigners and their family members who collectively pitch in billions of dollars toward development projects in the U.S. But the program has been beset by so much fraud and abuse that the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has spent two and a half years working on updated regulations to stem problems. Those rules have been expected to be formalized any day now, but industry players who might be negatively affected by them have been urging the Trump administration to step in and stop them. If that doesn't happen, the groups could sue. EFTA01420765 {Stricter EB-5 Rules Are Coming Soon. Advocates Hope Trump Kills Them.} Ronnie Fieldstone, a Miami attorney who specializes in EB-5, told Bisnow that in the past six months or so, different factions within the EB-5 industry — such as Invest in the USA, the EB-5 Coalition, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and some construction unions — have coalesced and coordinated their... Read the full story here. Share: {Email} {Facebook} {Twitter} {LinkedIn} {Perforation} Top Stories on Bisnow.com {Kanye West Plans Affordable Housing Inspired By Star Wars} Kanye West Plans Affordable Housing Inspired By Star Wars {San Francisco Retail Has Been Booming. So Why Is It Considering Heavy Vacancy Fees?} San Francisco Retail Has Been Booming. 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