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Behring Regional Center LLC v. Mayorkas et al
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August 25, 2022
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has agreed to rescind recent reforms to the EB-5 visa program to resolve allegations by regional centers that the changes misinterpreted congressional intent, according to a proposed settlement filed in California federal court Thursday.
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August 19, 2022
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services told a California federal court it was following Congress' intent to reform the EB-5 visa program when it told regional centers managing money from foreign investors seeking a green card that they need to be reauthorized to stay in business.
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August 12, 2022
With lawsuits ranging from Marriott's data-breach multidistrict litigation and a Virgin Hotels owner-manager dispute to cases contesting U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services' mandate that all EB-5 regional centers must be reauthorized, hospitality litigation underway at midyear 2022 shows just how varied and complex the sector's legal issues can be.
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July 22, 2022
Immigrant investment center operators and an industry group told a California federal court that U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services' mandate that all EB-5 regional centers must be reauthorized misunderstood Congress' intent when it reformed the EB-5 system earlier this year.
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June 27, 2022
A California federal judge has ordered the federal government to allow previously licensed EB-5 regional centers to continue operating while one of the immigrant investment centers challenges an agency mandate to seek reauthorization after March legislation revamped the program.
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June 22, 2022
The U.S. Department of Justice says it would be disruptive to allow a trade group for the EB-5 program to join a lawsuit that seeks to force U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to reverse changes to a rule allowing foreign investors to trade cash for a green card.
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April 29, 2022
Participants in the EB-5 investor visa program are looking for answers after U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services earlier this month made an abrupt announcement that a critical part of the program had to be reauthorized, yet many are hoping a lawsuit in California will quickly provide clarity.
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April 25, 2022
An EB-5 regional center filed suit against U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, challenging agency guidance directing previously licensed immigrant investment programs to reapply for authorization after March legislation restarted the lapsed program.