Comment: House Republicans Get Religion
After refusing to join the Senate in overhauling immigration policy, House Republicans have come around to the view that perhaps a change in immigration policy is needed after all. In responding to child refugees from Central America showing up on our border, House Republicans appear to think that changes to the INA are needed, not just funds the President asked for to deal with refugees. Naturally, the changes House Republicans seek involve making it harder for immigrants to stay in America (in this case the immigrants are child refugees). That's a game two can play. We encourage Democrats in the House and both parties in the Senate to agree with House Republicans on the need for policy change. The simplest way to proceed would be to attach the entire Senate CIR bill to the House's bill, so that all needed policy changes can be acted upon in one stroke. House Republicans' hypocrisy would be speedily exposed as that bill then dies. What will remain is the $4 billion that the President needs to take care of the child refugees. The answer is obvious - use creative and energetic re-programming as much as possible to shut down unnecessary enforcement activity - at CBP, ICE, TSA, and elsewhere - and divert those funds toward the child refugees. Even if this were unconstitutional, House Republicans will only file lawsuits, they appear incapable of passing reasonable bills on immigration, and appear to think that even impeachment is not the House's duty if it does not have enough time. Faced with a supine House, President Obama has no alternative but to incite it into action. Child refugees are a political winner for the President, since the Republicans are deeply split over immigration. He should ensure that House Republicans are held accountable for their deliberate inaction on CIR, one way or another. Please let us know your thoughts by writing to us at editor@ilw.com

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Focus: The EB-5 Book - 2nd Edition
ILW.com is pleased to announce the 2nd Edition of The EB-5 Book. The editors are Matt Gordon and Joseph Whalen. Articles by Laura Danielson, Robert Gaffney,Jennifer Hermansky, David Hirson, Jose E. LaTour, Daniel B. Lundy, Brandon Meyer, Elizabeth Peng, John Roth, and Paul Ruby. Pre-Publication orders are now being accepted. The outline is as follows:

• I. Articles on EB-5
• Introduction By: Matt Gordon
• Practical Approaches to Lawful Source of Funds Issues By Robert P. Gaffney
• I-526 Petitions Practice Pointers by Paul Ruby
• How to Successfully Represent Chinese Investors in EB-5 Cases By Elizabeth Peng
• I-829 Practice Pointer: Removing Your Investor's Conditions By: Jennifer Hermansky
• EB-5 Issues: The Investors by Joseph Whalen
• The EB-5 Attorney as Financial Adviser: A Practical Guide By John Roth
• Advising Investors (pre-I-526 and post-I-526 approval) By Laura Danielson
• EB-5 Issues: The Investment By Joseph Whalen
• Structuring and Market Planning for EB-5 Regional Centers and Their Projects By Jose E. Latour
• Building Your I-924 Submission Package by Brandon Meyer
• EB-5 Issues: Regional Centers By Joseph Whalen
• Tax Counseling for EB-5 Investor Clients Before and After Immigrating to the US: The Tax Implications of Immigration to High Income and High Net Worth Individuals By David Hirson
• "The Future of the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program from the Perspective of an Immigration Lawyer, or Past Performance is Not Indicative of Future Results." By Daniel B. Lundy
• EB-5 Issues: Other Issues By Joseph Whalen


• II. Resource Material
• Section 1: Regulations
• Section 2: Case
• Section 3:Forms
• Section 4:Memoranda
• Section 5:Misc.
• Section 6:Securities Resource Materials
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• BIA Cases
  
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• Memorandoa
  
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Help Wanted: Immigration Attorney
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