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Texas Senator’s Proposal Would Expand Scandal-plagued EB-5 Visa Program
breitbart ^ | 05/11/2017 | John Binder

Posted on 05/11/2017 10:59:19 AM PDT by DFG

Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) is looking to expand the number of wealthy foreign nationals who can pay their way to permanent legal residency in the U.S. under the EB-5 visa. Cornyn is floating draft legislation that would essentially erase the current cap for EB-5 visas, which is set at 10,000 a year. Under the EB-5 visa, foreign nationals can claim that they will invest $500,000 and thus receive Green Cards for their family for at least two years, with pathways to citizenship available as well. The only requirement is that the EB-5 holder create 10 U.S. jobs.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cornyn; eb5; texas; visa

1 posted on 05/11/2017 10:59:19 AM PDT by DFG
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Wealthy investors *of certain nationalities* (Not Red Chinese) who've been thoroughly screened...OK,maybe.
2 posted on 05/11/2017 11:08:52 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Deplorables' Lives Matter)
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To: DFG

Better than the “diversity lottery.”


3 posted on 05/11/2017 11:15:39 AM PDT by Cowboy Bob
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To: DFG

Little Johnny Cornhole is looking to import his future Campaign Contributors...


4 posted on 05/11/2017 11:24:53 AM PDT by VRWCarea51 (The Original 1998 Version)
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REFERENCE Circa 2012, Sen Charles Grassley (Repub-Iowa) exposed the DHS-USCIS visa program--Sen Grassley said ICE identified key vulnerabilities in EB-5 visas:

1) Export of sensitive technology/economic espionage.

2) Use by foreign government agents/espionage.

3) Use by terrorists.

4) Investment fraud by regional center.

5) Investment fraud by investors.

6) Fraud conspiracies by investors and regional center.

7) Illicit finance/money laundering.

Obama's hand-picked factotum at USCIS, Leon Rodriguez, expedited visa consideration came despite warnings from career USCIS officials that applicants had (1) forged paperwork, (2) tried to conceal the sources of their investment, and, (3) in one case, had ties to a child pornography business.

5 posted on 05/11/2017 11:28:32 AM PDT by Liz (Shutting down conservatives' free speech is a form of hate speech. samtheman)
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To: DFG

Muslims are doing this in rural areas all over the US. They build a small hospital and the next thing you know there is a mosque going up. It needs to be stopped.


6 posted on 05/11/2017 12:10:47 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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