JORDAN ISICOFF – The Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) has recently issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking indicating that it will be publishing a rule changing the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Regional Center Program. The Notice of Proposed Rule Making reflects that DHS will seek to raise the amount of the EB-5 investment for a targeted […]
DANIEL CELAYA – Yahya Jammeh, former, proud[1] dictator of Gambia, cut his regime short of his projected billion year mark[2] when he finally accepted the official results of last December’s election on the early morning of January 21st, 2017.[3] The peaceful transition of power is the first in Gambian history, but it did not come […]
GINA BRIGNOLA – On June 23, 2016, the United Kingdom held a referendum in which nearly 52% of voters decided to leave the European Union.[1] Since then, the UK has gained a new Prime Minister, Theresa May, who has pledged to uphold the will of the people and lead the UK in leaving the EU, a […]
LINA MESA – In early June 2014, the city of Mosul succumbed to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS).[1] Iraqi forces, plagued by neglect and corruption, fled as ISIS launched its attack.[2] It took ISIS less than a week to take hold of Iraq’s second-largest city.[3] However, on October 17, 2016, the Campaign […]
