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Continued from page 33 Cynthia Lange Cynthia Lange leads Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP’s High Tech practice in the heart of Silicon Valley. She is the Managing Partner of the firm’s Northern California practice. She has worked with numerous companies to set up and manage worldwide immigration compliance programs and offers legal advice to individual investors. She has been an Adjunct Professor at Southwestern University School of Law since 1988, frequently lectures on corporate immigration, and has written numerous articles on business immigration law matters. Al Kamen, “An Investment in American Citizenship; Immigration Program Invites Millionaires to Buy Their Way In,” Washington Post, (Sept. 29, 1991). 2 U.S. Government Accountability Office Report to Congressional Committees, Immigrant Investors: Small Number of Participants Attributed to Pending Regulations and Other Factors, p. 2 (Apr. 2005) (GAO-05-256). 3 Matter of Soffici, 22 I. & N. Dec. 158 (Comm.1998);Matter of Izummi, 22 I. & N. Dec. 169 (Comm. 1998); Matter of Hsiung, 22 I. & N. Dec. 201 (Comm. 1998); Matter of Ho, 22 I. & N. Dec. 206 (Comm. 1998). 4 FY 1998: 1368 I-526 receipted, 290 denials, FY 1999: 650 I-526 receipted, 1558 denied. USCIS Performance Analysis System Data, Office of Performance and Quality (OPQ), Data Analysis and Reporting Branch (DARB) - AC/DL, Report Date: October 26th, 2012. 5 U.S. V. O’Connor (158 F. Supp. 2d 697 – Dist. Court, ED Virginia, 2001) 6 Id. 7 U.S. Government Accountability Office Report to Congressional Committees, Immigrant Investors: Small Number of Participants Attributed to Pending Regulations and Other Factors, p. 2 (Apr. 2005) (GAO-05-256). 8 21st Century Department of Justice Appropriations Authorization Act, Pub. L. No. 107-273, 116 Stat. 1758 (2002). 1 34 EB5 INVESTORS MAGAZINE