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USCIS and SEC Stakeholder Engagement: EB-5 Investments and Implications under Federal Securities Law

By Wassem M. Amin, Esq. On April 3, 2013, USCIS and the SEC held a joint conference call to discuss what aspects of federal securities law are implicated by EB-5 Investments, as it relates to both the issuer and the...more

SEC Brings Case Involving EB-5 Investment Program

It’s not often that the securities enforcement and immigration law worlds collide, but I suppose it occasionally happens....more

Fleeing The Mexican Drug War: Foreign Investors’ Immigration Issues - The Matrix of U.S. Legal Considerations

Background and Context: •Mexico’s Drug War •Drugs going North and Guns going South •Since President Calderon’s election in Dec. 2006, it is estimated there have been over 36,000 deaths •DOJ considers the Mexican drug...more