Emilio T. Gonzalez, head of USCIS (United States Citizenship and Immigration Services)
NYCRC was approved by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), a division of the Department of Homeland Security to secure foreign investment for real estate projects within Brooklyn, Queens Manhattan, and the Bronx.
In 2009, Montagna was detained by the USCIS.
In 1997, the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) -- now dismantled and recreated in the services-oriented United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and the enforcement-oriented US Immigration and Customs Enforcement -- developed a pilot program called Coordinated Interagency Partnership Regulating International Students (CIPRIS) in collaboration with the Department of State.