Donald Trump’s “gold card” visa, where a foreigner can shell out at least $1 million to legally live and work in the U.S., has been approved for one person, said Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick Thursday — appearing to fall a bit short of an earlier claim.
After it launched in December, Lutnick said that the government had sold $1.3 billion “worth” in just several days, as Trump stood by holding up the gilded ticket and said, “essentially it’s the green card on steroids.”
Lutnick did not address the apparent discrepancy in an exchange with a congresswoman at Thursday’s committee hearing.
Many countries have investor visas. The US has one still! I think the law was investing at least 1 million USD in a mostly or wholely American owned company or starting a business that employs at least 10 people.
Yeah but the investor visas involve investment and growth in the country, not just a million dollar “donation” to the government. It feels less like “improve the country and you will be welcome” and more “be rich and we will let you in the boys club”
Exactly. No one starts a business that employs 10 people just so they can simply live in a country.
What trump wants is legalized bribery.