Author: Foster
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced fraud charges and an asset freeze against a Vermont-based ski resort and related businesses allegedly misusing millions of dollars raised through investments solicited under the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program. The SEC’s case was unsealed today in federal court in Miami, and the court […]
By Michael Berryhill Michael Berryhill, chair of journalism at Texas Southern University, was commissioned by “Places Journal,” an online publication sponsored by university architecture programs, to write about Houston and inequality. He focused on the Houston nonprofit organization Neighborhood Centers, which is nationally recognized for its work to improve the […]
On April 7, 2016, U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (CIS) announced that the CIS had received enough H-1B petitions to exhaust the 85,000 H-1B quota (which includes 20,000 set aside for U.S. advance degree holders) for Fiscal Year 2017 (October 1, 2016, through September 30, 2017). No new cap-subject H-1B […]
By Helene Dang One of the biggest challenges facing companies hiring foreign workers in the United States is working within an outdated immigration system that does not fully complement modern business practices. As such, companies must adjust their recruitment strategies to give them the widest access to the global talent […]