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Before Committing to an EB-5 Regional Center, Look Under the Hood

If there is a single imperative rule when it comes toselecting an EB-5 Regional Center in which to invest, it's this: look at the resumes of thoseresponsible for organizing and managing the deal.  In my many conversations with Michael Gibson,the EB-5 due diligence expert who visits EB5 Reg...

Jose E. Latour Jul 13, 2010

From Earthquake to Red Tape

When the earthquake hit Haiti, the world responded...and the U.S. responded admirably, in many ways.  The efforts to help the injured and save lives has focused on the South Florida community.  After so many years of disparate treatment between Cuban and Haitian refugees, it has been encou...

Jose E. Latour Jul 12, 2010

Intelligence and Immigration

I spent a lot of time last week at the AILA conference quietly pondering just how our immigration system got as broken as it has.  Between unresponsive bureaucrats, dogmatic policies which fly in the face of our national identity, and lawyers trying to bend the rules to the point of destroying ...

Jose E. Latour Jul 09, 2010

2010 Florida Trend’s Legal Elite- Honored and Humbled!

Folks, just wanted to share something which is personal (as I will explain) and very meaningful to me.  As many of you know, I have been practicing a long time.  Six years ago, I sold my practice to my partner and stepped out of immigration for a few years.  When I returned to it last...

Jose E. Latour Jul 08, 2010

CIS? NIMBA…

As I sat at the opening session of the American ImmigrationLawyers Association (AILA) National Convention on Thursday morning, I felt arekindling of the fire I felt when I began immigration practice.  David Leopold, AILA’s newly-installedpresident, spoke eloquently about our responsibilities as...

Jose E. Latour Jul 05, 2010

AILA National Convention Kicks Off

The 2010 National AILA seminar began at the Gaylord Convention Center in Washington, D.C's National Harbor this morning with an inspired opening by immediate past AILA president Charles Kuck and a passionate call for comprehensive immigration reform (CIS), the subject of President Obama's speech at ...

Jose E. Latour Jul 01, 2010

Bona Fide and “EB-5ed”: The Impetus for a Genuine Job Recovery

Information on the wonders and blessings of EB-5 ImmigrantInvestor Regional Centers and their positive impact on local economies aboundsonline…in the websites of said Regional Centers.  Unfortunately, the tale of the EB5 tape tellsa different story in many cases. Statistically speaking, th...

Jose E. Latour Jun 29, 2010

Better Get that EB-5 Regional Center Application in ASAP…

The Wall Street Journal reported this morning that USCIS DirectorAlejandro Mayorkas is the person who behind the new proposed fee increases,which would take effect this summer after a public comment period.  Across the board, they raise the cost offiling petitions for permanent and temporary re...

Jose E. Latour Jun 10, 2010

Get Yer Red Hot EB-5 Investor Visas While They’re Still (Comparatively) Cheap…

...because apparently the USCIS is planning on creating a new $6,230 filing fee!  Yikes!I did a quick online search and didn't find anything but here is the Miami Herald Article re Proposed Investor VIsa Fee…

Jose E. Latour Jun 09, 2010

Life on the Border: Another Tragic and Needless Death in Juarez, Mexico

When I arrived in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, in 1987 as a firsttour Foreign Service Officer, the place at which I arrived was very differentthan the war zone I visited this past December. Ciudad Juarez was already a dusty, dirty and crowded desert town andoccasional crimes made the headlines: young...

Jose E. Latour Jun 09, 2010

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