HOUSTON (AP) — Houston officials on Wednesday pushed back on claims that a detention facility being proposed in the city to house unaccompanied immigrant children is close to opening. The facility would house about 200 unaccompanied minors at a building that had previously been used as a homeless shelter and […]
Daily Archives: August 2, 2018
By Alexia Fernández Campbell, Vox The Social Security system is in trouble. It’s not just a future problem; America’s retirement insurance program is in trouble now. The federal government will start dipping into its Social Security savings account this year to help pay retirement benefits to millions of Americans. In […]
Over 360,000 Americans May Be Subject to U.S. Passport Denial or Revocation
2 Aug
by Foster LLP, on Immigration Updates
The U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) estimates about 362,000 U.S. citizens may be subject to passport denial or revocation. Many of those affected may be on expatriate assignment abroad. Starting in January 2018, the IRS and U.S. Department of State (DOS) began implementation of IRS Code Section 7345, a provision […]
Investors worry US ‘visas to millionaires’ program may soon be overhauled
2 Aug
by Foster LLP, on News
By Gauri Bhatia, CNBC A popular, yet controversial U.S. immigration program that grants “visas to millionaires” is feeling the heat, weeks before it is up for renewal. On Sept. 30, the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program – under which foreigners have invested billions of dollars in the U.S. to obtain permanent […]