(Source: Miami Herald) A federal program that has help fund dozens of big new South
Florida business projects over the past decade by swapping U.S. visas
and green cards for foreign investment dollars is teetering on the brink
of political extinction, according to its supporters. The EB-5 visa program, which
by the estimate of the investment community has funneled more than $18
billion in overseas cash into U.S. business development since 2008 —
including hundreds of millions of dollars in Florida — will expire on
Sept. 30 unless Congress renews it. Read more at http://www.miamiherald.com/
