Rep. Fredrick P. Deleon Guerrero, Ind.-Saipan and committee chairman, said he was upset that USCIS released the E-2 visa regulations without even informing the CNMI Legislature.
As “professional courtesy” on the part of USCIS, lawmakers should have been provided a copy of the regulations, he said.
USCIS announced the regulations, which are posted on its website, in a media conference on Saturday.
Deleon Guerrero said he emailed USCIS regional director David Gulick asking for a copy of the regulations after reading about them in the newspaper.
“We should at least have a say on how this (E-2 visa) would benefit the CNMI,” he said.
The committee meeting on Monday, he said, will discuss the “pros and cons” of the visa which allow qualified foreign investors to remain in the CNMI until Dec. 2014.
He said the committee will review the regulations.
Deleon Guerrero said if there’s something in the regulations that will be detrimental to the CNMI economy, “we can still try to lobby against it and let [the federal government] know that we oppose it.”
