Comment: Various Items
Today's Immigration Daily issue features several items of interest, including an immigration cartoon explaining what "chain migration" is, a film screening and more, please scroll down to find the item(s) below.

Article: BROWN AROUND TOWN: THE TRUTH ABOUT CHAIN MIGRATION by JAN H. BROWN

Article: New U.S. Immigration Public Charge Provisions – The Dawn of a New Era – Do Not Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor ….” by Robert J. Blanco, Esq. and Bernard P. Wolfsdorf, Esq.

Focus: India Expo
April 2, 2018 - Delhi, India
April 4, 2018 - Mumbai, India
April 6, 2018 - Chennai, India

ILW offers limited EB-5 exhibition opportunities at the Delhi, Mumbai & Chennai Expos

Info on India:

  • India is currently the world's fastest growing major economy - faster than China - and will keep outpacing China in 2018 and beyond
  • The number of new millionaires created each year in India is more than China - this has been true for the last several years
  • India will be #1 EB5 country by 2019, absent quota relief
  • India is fully English speaking country - no translation needed even for official documents
  • Indian regulatory structures are more robust than China. India source of funds is easier to handle for USCIS as compared to China source of funds
  • At ILW EB5 expos you will meet with direct investors, and/or with agents/intermediaries from the country and/or a combination of the above (all depending on local law)

Format:

  • All Day Expo featuring Exhibit Hall and frequent short seminars.(Speaking Opportunity included)
  • Please bring brochures, PowerPoint presentation, table displays and business cards.

EB-5 Issuers - $3,999 per city; Law Firms - $999 per city
(Inquire about Discounts and also about Platinum Level)

For more information, please call (212)545-0818 or email webmaster@ilw.com or click here.

Headline: Inside an Immigration Roundup: Crying Children, Closed Doors, Coffee Click here
Headline: US Agents Arrest 212 in California Immigration Raids Click here
Headline: At the same time the Senate's immigration efforts were going nowhere, ICE was ramping up its operations Click here
Headline: Immigrants Are Scrambling To Submit Petitions For Family Members To Come To U.S. Click here
Headline: House GOP leaders struggle to push immigration bill Click here

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Letters of the Week:

ComingsNGoings: Immigration Film Screening
Which Way Home - Oscar nominated film on unaccompanied child migrants screening followed by panel discussion. 6:00-8:00 p.m., Wednesday, February 21, 2018 at Zolberg Institute on Migration and Mobility The New School University Center, Room UL 104, 65 5th Avenue, New York, NY 10003

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