(Reuters) – A group of immigrant fathers, recently reunified with their sons and detained in Texas, have gone on a hunger strike to demand their release, an immigrant rights group representing them said on Thursday. The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency said there had not been a hunger […]
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Dallas immigration attorney sentenced to 6 months in federal prison for marriage fraud scheme
3 Aug
by Foster LLP, on News
DALLAS — A Dallas immigration attorney was sentenced Monday by U.S. District Judge David C. Godbey to six months in federal prison, announced U.S. Attorney Erin Nealy Cox of the Northern District of Texas. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) investigated this case. Co-defendant Amna Cheema, […]
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 […]
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 […]