Lobbyists Declare Victory After Visa Reform Measure Dies Quietly

ABC News (via Yahoo!) ^ | 12/17/2015 | Matthew Mosk

[Buckeye McFrog]

A bi-partisan attempt to reform a little-known immigration program that offers wealthy foreigners access to visas and U.S. Green Cards but has been beset by allegations of fraud and abuse.

The EB-5 program, called so due to its visa designation, allows rich foreign nationals a shortcut to a Green Card as long as they invest $500,000 in a designated job-creating project in the U.S. Designed to spur the American economy, the program is also feared to have been exploited by spies, money launderers and other criminals, as revealed in an ABC News investigation earlier this year.

"There are well-documented national security concerns and abuse of the program, and a bipartisan, bicameral agreement on reform,” Sen. Chuck Grassley told ABC News in a written statement. “It should have been a no-brainer, but now it’s a missed opportunity."

[Buckeye McFrog]

As if the budget debacle doesn't make you angry enough this morning.

[rarestia]

The entire DC establishment is in on the Muslim takeover. They’ve likely been offered 72 virgins.

[Old Sarge]

allows rich foreign nationals a shortcut to a Green Card as long as they invest $500,000 in a designated job-creating project in the U.S.

AKA the Clinton Foundation?

[Black Agnes]

They’re likely converts.

Undoubtedly very lucrative to convert.

[Thank You Rush]

Since the first sentence in the thread is an incomplete sentence, this should cover what’s missing:

“”After a multi-million dollar lobbying effort, congressional leaders Tuesday night quietly scuttled a bi-partisan attempt to reform a little-known immigration program that offers wealthy foreigners access to visas and U.S. Green Cards but has been beset by allegations of fraud and abuse.””

[aimhigh]

as long as they invest $500,000 in a designated job-creating project in the U.S.

Knowing the Obama administration, this is probably defined as building a mosque.

[RideForever]

Look at the bright side. The U.S. has set the price for citizenship at no less than $500,000. That same number should be raised time and time again when the illegal alien invaders want ‘amnesty’ again.