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Kushner family in Beijing: ‘Invest $500,000 and immigrate’ to US

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CNN reports that Nicole Kushner Meyer, the sister of White House adviser and President Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, spoke at an event in Beijing on Saturday. She was marketing a Kushner-owned property in New Jersey — invest in the development and get into the United States on a EB-5 visa.   

The EB-5 visa allows immigrants a path to a green card if they invest more than $500,000 in a project that creates jobs in the United States.

An ad for the event, held at a Ritz-Carlton hotel, said “Invest $500,000 and immigrate to the United States.”

The EB-5 visa has been used by the Trump and Kushner family businesses. Foreigners, including Chinese nationals, have used the EB-5 program to migrate into the United States.  The EB-5 program has come under fire by members of Congress on both sides of the aisle.  Lawmakers say the program essentially sells citizenship to high-income foreigners.

KJ

UPDATE (May 9);  Controversy is brewing over the links of the Trump administration and the promotion of the Golden Visas.  See this New York Times editorial.

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