Many Houston residents – our neighbors – stand to benefit from President Obama’s latest executive action on immigration enforcement priorities. This action is expected to give upwards of 200,000 people, who are now undocumented, the ability to work in the Houston area and to obtain a Social Security card and […]
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Greg Flakus HOUSTON, TEXAS— Over the span of several U.S. election cycles, there have been calls for comprehensive immigration reform to fix a system that people on both sides of the political spectrum agree is broken. But some observers say President Barack Obama’s recent executive action aimed at temporarily shielding […]
The special fast-track visa, known as EB-5, needs fine-tuning in any reform effort
11 Dec
by Foster, on News
If you’re standing in line to pick up movie tickets, it’s first-come, first-served. That’s not how it works if you are trying to immigrate into the United States. An applicant must first decide whether to wait in one of four lines. One line moves slowly, if at all. Most potential […]
Dec. 07–When Houston entrepreneur Roberto Contreras went shopping for capital to finance a $70 million luxury residential tower he was planning near the Galleria, he didn’t look for equity in the usual places. Instead he cast his net a lot wider, finding 20 well-heeled international investors, mostly from Mexico and […]