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'Green cards for cash' facing questionable future

Some Congress members refuse to re-authorise the visa programme which critics say encourages a 2-tier immigration system

Published Fri, Apr 28, 2017 · 09:50 PM
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THE original plan was to attract foreign investment to blighted neighbourhoods. But instead, the controversial EB-5 investor visa enabled affluent Chinese to park their cash in high-end real estate in Beverly Hills and Manhattan - benefiting developers such as Donald Trump and his son-in-law, Jared Kushner.

Now, the visas criticised as "green cards for cash" f…

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