EB-5: Yes, I really think there are better choices…

Yesterday I apparently offended a few folks with my comments regarding the EB-5 Visa. Most of the comments I got back are not printable -- hey, these ARE attorneys involved (-;. One gentleman expressed himself courteously, and his comments merit a response.Stephen Parnell is joint managing partner o...

Jose E. Latour May 14, 2009

The EB-5 “Guarantee”…here we go again…

In the early 90s, I expended a great deal of time and energy explaining to clients why the EB-5 was NOT the best solution for folks seeking to immigrate to the U.S. and having viable companies abroad.  The reasons are simple1- The L-1 mechanism offers the same path to the green card at a fracti...

Jose E. Latour May 13, 2009

A Day Without An Immigrant

You may have heard of the brilliantly conceived (if somewhat less brilliantly executed) film, "A Day Without A Mexican".  In the movie, Southern California awakens to an absence of Mexicans, and the world grinds to a stop because no one is there to provide the infrastructural support ...

Jose E. Latour Apr 20, 2009

The Death of a Sickly Embargo

Having emigrated from Cuba in 1966, I have lived under the rules of the U.S. trade embargo of Cuba since resettling in the United States with my parents.  I grew up in South Florida, where the Cuban-American community sincerely believed for many, many years that the economic pressure imposed by...

Jose E. Latour Apr 10, 2009

Obama Announces Comprehensive Immigration Reform

The New York Times reported today that the Obama administration has reiterated its intention to tacklecomprehensive immigration reform this year.  Among the objectives is the creation of a viable mechanism giving legal status to the estimated 12 million illegal migrants living in the U.S. ...

Jose E. Latour Apr 09, 2009

The Immigration Sage of Manhattan Speaks on H-1B Visas

I know my dear friend Sam Udani will be absolutely mortified when he sees today’s blog entry, but too bad.  He simply has to come to terms with his insight and what it means to those of us with our ear to the ground, listening for the distant thundering hooves of immigration changes to come.
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Jose E. Latour Mar 24, 2009

Deciphering Obama’s Views Toward Employer Compliance

Barack Obama has not yet been sworn in as President of the United States, but the past two months have revealed a great deal about his attitudes toward federal governance.  In fact, the histrionics emerging from the Republican camp during the final weeks before the election have made his pragmatic c...

Jose E. Latour Jan 10, 2009

So many immigrants, so little peace

I am looking at the taillights of 2008 and staring at the oncoming headlights of 2009 and as I read the dozens of daily articles on the Web, I am sad to see that we are more or less in the same place we were a year ago.  The world's migratory patterns are as old as man, and yet no intellig...

Jose E. Latour Dec 30, 2008

Cheryl Little Gets Well-Deserved Award

Every since I started private practice in 1990, Cheryl Little has represented everything that is right with the immigration bar.  In 1996, she founded the Florida Immigrant Advocacy Center and for the past 12 years her tireless work on behalf of refugees, immigrant children, and others who coul...

Jose E. Latour Nov 28, 2008

The Best of America

Tarun, who lives in India, is a good friend of an old fraternity brother of mine.  This is an excerpt of what he wrote this the other day.  I asked Tarun if I could share this with you and he said "sure".  Here you go...and thanks, Tarun. Jose"This is the America that the worldloves -...

Jose E. Latour Nov 13, 2008