Immigration Article of the Day: Buying the American Dream: Using Immigration Law to Bolster the Housing Market by Kit Johnson
Buying the American Dream: Using Immigration Law to Bolster the Housing Market by Kit Johnson, University of Oklahoma – College of Law November 21, 2014 Tennessee Law Review, Vol. 81, No. 4, 2014
Abstract: Escaping notice in debate about immigration reform is a proposal that would give residency visas to foreign nationals on the condition that they buy an expensive home. Proponents see visas as a simple way to shore up the U.S. housing market. Yet complications abound. This Article scrutinizes the history, logic, economics, and morals of the proposed homebuyer visa, as well as its intersection with state laws that restrict foreign ownership of land.
KJ
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