This article is extremely heavy on hyperbole and fearmongering, and very light on facts. When going to read the rest of the article, the writer complains about letting Chinese companies open in Idaho, without showing any worry of other countries opening in the US, such as Japanese and German. He jumps around to try connecting dots and doesnt stay on a single point for more than a few sentences.
In looking at the Project 60 website, it looks like anyone who invests $1 million in a city or $500k in a rural area worth of jobs can get permanent residency. IT uses the EB-5 law, passed by Congress in 1990 to attract foreign businesses to set up shop in the US.
This is definitely a globalism inspired move, by trying to have more trade relations with other countries, but it does not look like “selling Idaho.”
Sounds like a perfect getaway for Mexican drug dealers looking to upgrade their circumstances.