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Leahy’s Extension Of Investor Visa Program…Clears Congress, Heads to President’s Desk
October 20, 2009
Press Release from Senator Patrick Leahy's (D-VT) Office
Click here to see the press release and a statement from the Senator.
"The U.S. Senate late Tuesday approved and sent to the Presidents' desk a bill that includes Senator Patrick Leahy's extension of the 'investor visa' program that has attracted millions of dollars in economic development to Vermont, creating hundreds of jobs...The EB-5 Immigrant Investor Regional Center Program, which is operated by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), has generated more than a billion dollars of investments, creating tens of thousands of jobs in states and communities across the country since it was established in 1993."
