Liao's crusade led to the first stem cell treatment for epidermolysis bullosa, also known as EB.
The evolution of the EB-5 scheme has angered some of those offering traditional investments to immigrants.
There were 7, 641 visas issued through the EB-5 program in 2012, a record year.
Virginia was particularly alarmed by GreenTech's use of an opaque visa program, called EB-5, to fund itself.
Hotel executives say that the projects getting funded by EB-5 would be financially viable without the program.
In addition, investments under EB-5 primarily go toward existing projects, with the immigrant investor serving as a limited partner.
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Both Ciara's parents carried the gene responsible for EB but had no symptoms and were unaware of the condition.
Over the summer, the Citizenship and Immigration Services streamlined the EB-5 process further.
Another would be to expand the existing EB-5 visa program for immigrant investors.
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Eventually, EB proves fatal, either through organ failure, secondary skin cancer or infection.
The EB-2 is available to foreigners with exceptional ability, or an advanced degree, and has an annual cap of 40, 000.
Since the credit crunch, there has also been a dramatic increase in the number of U.S. companies seeking EB-5 funding.
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The proposed immigrant entrepreneur visa is separate and fundamentally different from the current EB-5 (the fifth employment-based preference) immigrant investor visa.
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"Everybody, just everybody, is interested in Facebook, " said Larry Albukerk of EB Exchange Funds in San Francisco, who brokers private-company deals.
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Henry Liebman is chief executive of American Life, a Seattle-based real estate company that manages around 15% of all EB-5 projects nationwide.
The cases of fraud discovered by government agencies in the current EB-5 investor visa have focused on facilitators, not the principal immigrants.
An estimated 15, 000 children in the United States suffer from EB, according to the Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa Research Association of America.
The DHS and CIS reforms will also affect EB-2 and EB-5 visas.
Ciara Paczensky, from Dartford, suffers from the genetic condition Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB).
Normally it takes the government six months to a year to process an EB-5 application a significant bureaucratic hold-up for any investor.
Under his care in 2010, Rafi was the eighth child in the world to undergo a stem cell transplant for treatment of EB.
Money was also taken from a neighbouring business, EB Jones Garages, during a second break-in which police said happened at around the same time.
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Now, developers of some projects are covering more than 60% of the project's cost entirely with EB-5 proceeds, allowing them to take bigger risks.
Purchasing a home is often the largest investment most Americans make: The definition for the EB-5 should be expanded to include purchases of residential property.
Tabarrok suggests that visas like the EB-5 should be adjusted to count home purchases as an investment that earns a green card for the investor.
The Texas-based company has more than 6, 000 stores in the U.S. and 17 other countries, operating under the GameStop, EB Games and Electronics Boutique names.
Statistics on the number of hotel projects that are getting EB-5 funds aren't available, but people in the business say it is on the rise.
According to the NHS, EB is a very rare genetic condition and it is estimated that currently 5, 000 people in the UK are living with it.
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