May 29, 2013

Patch.com: Congressmen: Federal Agency Unresponsive to County's Requests

Riverside County congressmen allege efforts to establish more EB-5 local foreign investor centers are being stymied by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.

Inland Empire congressional representatives upset about the apparent inaction of a federal agency responsible for processing applications that pave the way for immigrant investors to set up businesses in the U.S. are seeking changes at the agency, whose chief spokesman said today he couldn't understand why. 

Reps. Ken Calvert, R-Corona, Duncan Hunter, R-Temecula, Raul Ruiz, D- Palm Springs, and Mark Takano, D-Riverside, jointly penned a letter to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Director Alejandro Mayorkas, asking him to address issues that they allege are stymieing efforts to establish EB-5 regional centers in Riverside County.