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Visas For Sale: A Comparison Of The U.S. Investor Provision With The Australian Business Migration Program, Catherine R. Giella
Visas For Sale: A Comparison Of The U.S. Investor Provision With The Australian Business Migration Program, Catherine R. Giella
Northwestern Journal of International Law & Business
This paper is an attempt to evaluate the United States' new investor program based on a comparison with Australia's failed system. The thesis of this paper is that in order for an investor program to be successful, the program must strike a careful balance between meeting the needs of the immigrant investors and those of the welcoming country and its citizens. The analysis proceeds by briefly looking at the history of immigration in both countries and then focusing on what the interests of the investors and the country are in initiating and taking advantage of such a program.
United States Immigration Reform And Control Act Of 1986: A Critical Perspective, Pamela D. Nichols
United States Immigration Reform And Control Act Of 1986: A Critical Perspective, Pamela D. Nichols
Northwestern Journal of International Law & Business
The United States Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 ("Act") signalled the beginning of a new era for United States immigration law.1 The first major revision of the nation's immigration policy in twenty-one years, the Act has had, and will continue to have, a profound impact both within the United States and abroad. The Act caused an extraordinary surge of apprehension and confusion in foreign communities and domestic workplaces, and has already produced dramatic effects throughout the world barely a year after its passage.
A Beginner's Guide To Business-Related Aspects Of United States Immigration Law, Paul T. Wangerin
A Beginner's Guide To Business-Related Aspects Of United States Immigration Law, Paul T. Wangerin
Northwestern Journal of International Law & Business
Recent media references to various aspects of United States immigration law - important legislative changes recently suggested by introduction of the Simpson-Mazzoli "Immigration Reform and Control Act"; the crisis involving refugees arriving in the United States from Cuba, Haiti, and Southeast Asia; massive investments in domestic companies by citizens or residents of Middle Eastern oil-producing countries; potential reaction by European business people to President Reagan's changing stance regarding investments in the Soviet Union; the economic policies of France's socialist government; and the United States' deteriorating relation wtih certain Central and South American countries - have drawn renew attention to the …