TOP IMMIGRATION ATTORNEYS
STEPHEN
YALE-LOEHR
Attorney of Counsel
Miller Mayer LLP
S
tephen Yale -Loehr is an attorney of
counsel in Miller Mayer’s Immigration
practice group. He brings over 35 years
of immigration law experience in advising
corporate and individual clients on a broad
array of family- and employment-based
immigration matters. In addition to his work
at Miller Mayer, Yale-Loehr is an active and
internationally renowned member of the
immigration law community. He teaches
immigration and asylum law at Cornell
Law School as a professor of Immigration
Practice. He also founded and was the
original executive director of IIUSA, a
trade association of EB-5 immigrant
investor regional centers. He is listed in
Who’s Who in America and is annually
listed in Chambers Global, Chambers
USA, and An International Who’s Who of
Corporate Immigration Lawyers as one
of the world’s best immigration lawyers.
He is frequently quoted in the press
on immigration issues and has often
testified before congress.
WHAT DO YOU THINK
THE FUTURE OF THE EB-5
INDUSTRY LOOKS LIKE?
The most important reform is to add EB-5
numbers. The current backlog is too long,
especially for investors from China. Absent
an increase in numbers, the EB-5 program
will never achieve its true potential. Second,
congress should enact integrity measures
to increase transparency and oversight
in the EB-5 process. That would give
confidence to investors and Americans
the development of I-924 regional center
applications, and counsels regional centers
and developers on ongoing compliance
issues. Yen has spoken at national
conferences regarding her EB-5 practice
and she has co-authored several articles
on various EB-5 topics. With an office in
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Yen’s current
EB-5 practice primarily focuses on the
Vietnam market. Yen has also assisted
multi-national companies in business
immigration matters, such as Hs, Ls, and
TNs. Yen was born and raised in Texas
before moving to Los Angeles. She is
conversant in Mandarin Chinese.
CATHARINE YEN
Attorney at Law
Schuchert, Krieger, Truong,
Spagnola & Klausner LLP
C
atharine Yen manages the immigration
department at Schuchert, Krieger, Truong,
Spagnola & Klausner LLP. Yen focuses
her practice on EB-5 investments and has
represented clients from around the world in
filing their I-526 petitions. She also provides
advice on the preparation of investment
offerings suitable for EB-5 funding, assists in
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EB5 INVESTORS M AGAZINE
WHAT DO YOU THINK
THE FUTURE OF THE EB-5
INDUSTRY LOOKS LIKE?
The current administration makes
predicting the future of any area of
immigration difficult, but I am optimistic
that the EB-5 industry will continue to
grow in popularity. Indisputable data
shows the positive benefits of the EB-5
program: job creation, capital infusion
into projects and project development in
diverse industry sectors and geographic
locations around the United States.
that the program is being done correctly.
Finally, any reforms should be implemented
prospectively, to give investors, regional
centers, and developers time to adjust to
the changes. Congress should not apply
any changes retroactively.
WHAT TRENDS ARE YOU SEEING
IN THE EB-5 INDUSTRY?
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