2015年4月27日,国土安全部(DHS)部长Jeh Charels Johnson致信美国参议院委员会的参议员Charles E. Grassley和Patrick J. Leahy,这两位分别为参议院司法委员会的主席和高级参议员。Johnson建议延长EB-5区域中心计划,该计划本将于2015年9月30日到期。他还建议国会提高EB-5最低投资额度,尽管国会在多年前就已经授权国安部自行提高EB-5的最低投资额度(后来国会并无进一步动作)。
EB5Sir注:请注意Patrick J. Leahy是EB-5政界最高层铁杆支持者,刚从参议院司法委员会主席的位置上退下来,并让位于Charles E. Grassley。而Charles E. Grassley被认为是一个非法移民的坚定反对者,同时被认为是某种程度上EB-5的反对者。据业内消息称,Patrick J. Leahy的办公室也正在起草EB-5的改革法案,其中也包括了涨价条款。
Secretary of U.S. Department of Homeland Security Requests U.S. Congress to Extend EB-5 Regional Center Program and Substantially Increase Minimum EB-5 Investment Requirement
On April 27, 2015, Jeh Charles Johnson, the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), submitted an official letter to Senator Charles E. Grassley and Senator Patrick J. Leahy, Chairman and Ranking Member, respectively, of the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary. DHS Secretary Johnson recommended that Congress extend the EB-5 regional center program, which is otherwise scheduled to expire on September 30, 2015. He also recommended that Congress substantially increase the minimum EB-5 investment amount. He made this request even though Congress had already authorized DHS many years ago to increase the minimum EB-5 investment requirement on its own (i.e., without further action of Congress.)
DHS Secretary Johnson also informed Congress that DHS had already implemented some internal communications protocols for dealing with outside inquiries about pending EB-5 cases, but still desired Congress to make the following additional changes:
Authorize United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to terminate a regional center's designation when there is criminal activity or national security concerns;
Require all regional center principals to be U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents;
Create an EB-5 Integrity Fund for regional center audits and site visits and require regional centers to pay an annual fee of $20,000 to cover the cost of operating the fund;
Authorize USCIS to impose sanctions, fines, and temporary suspensions to regional centers;
Limit Targeted Employment Areas to include a specified number contiguous census tracts;
Increase the minimum EB-5 investment amount to reflect United States currency inflation; and
Require regional centers to submit to USCIS investment proposals with business plans and organizational documents before USCIS will accept any EB-5 investor petitions related to the underlying project. (DHS is the parent agency of USCIS.)
Although DHS Secretary Johnson's recommendations are influential and will certainly be considered, Congress itself has the final say in the upcoming EB-5 regional center program's reauthorization discussion this fall.
1. Jeh Charles Johnson(美国国土安全部长)致信参议员Charles E. Grassley和Patrick J. Leahy:一个是EB-5在国会中的最大批评者、一个是国会中最大的支持者——这也反映了目前美国投资移民EB-5的大势:在反对者和支持者中求生存,要让反对者和支持者都适度满意。这决定了EB-5的未来趋势是有的方面放宽、有的方面收紧。
2. Jeh Charles Johnson建议延长美国投资移民EB-5区域中心法案:该法案延期是没有悬念的,就是EB-5的反对者也鲜有想把它彻底终结的。关键是在实施上会不会收紧,EB-5以后还会不会是这么宽松的EB-5。
3. Jeh Charles Johnson建议美国投资移民EB-5涨价并依照美国通货膨胀率来涨:依照通货膨胀指数来涨(目前最合理的涨价方式),投资在TEA的50万美元的项目应当涨到85-90万美元左右。
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