Posted on 03/19/2020 8:37:25 AM PDT by Hojczyk
Sen. Lindsey Graham is using the coronavirus recovery bills to dramatically expand the award of EB-5 green cards to wealthy Chinese if they lend money to U.S. real estate investors and other companies, according to several activists and Politico magazine.
“How can people pushing this not see how politically explosive this is?” said Mark Krikorian, director of the Center for Immigration Studies. “An EB-5 increase would almost exclusively benefit Chinese: It is hard to imagine what they are thinking.”
The plan by Graham, (R-S.C.) was provided to Politico, which said it would “boost the number of [EB-5] visas offered to wealthy immigrants who invest money in the United States as it tries to boost a faltering economy amid the escalating coronavirus outbreak, according to four people familiar with the situation.” The Politico report added:
The proposal, which could be included in one of the Senate’s coronavirus rescue bills, would significantly boost the number of visas offered annually from 10,000 to 75,000 while halving the investment required to earn legal residence from $900,000 to $450,000, they say.
Half the recipients of the EB-5 visa program — investors and their families — come from China, according to a report by the Brookings Institution think tank. Many others come from South Korea and Taiwan.
Breitbart News asked Graham’s office for comment. The office responded by saying, “Check with the Majority Leader’s office. He is handling the package and what will/will not be included.”
Immigration reformers say they are astounded by Graham’s apparent willingness to have the GOP portray itself as covertly selling fast-track citizenship to wealthy Chinese migrants amid the mounting human toll and economic cost caused by China’s coronavirus.
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They will con and steal until the last second that Rome is completely burned to the ground.
creeps
Ugh... if this is true, Graham needs a good talkin’ to.
Turns out he is a crook like many in the Group 535.
Great optics, Linda.
I don’t trust Graham as far as I could throw him.
He likes to sound like a tough guy. He likes being on the right side, but he’s got something in his closet. He sounded ridiculous the other night saying they were going to “kick this virus’ ass”. He’s full of schiff.
As I’ve said. It is spelled CONGRE$$.
remember when nixon visit china?
let’s have trump visit taiwan...
Taiwan will not stab USA in the back like Red China, where the original Wuhan Penumonia came from, trademarked by Xi Jingk Pig
“I don’t trust Graham as far as I could throw him”.
I don’t, either. He’s no good.
Selling YOUR birthright.
This should come as a shock to no one. There are more than a few GOP leaders in the Senate that would gladly stab Americans in the back to further their own power grabbing agenda.
“””“I don’t trust Graham as far as I could throw him”.
I don’t, either. He’s no good.””””””””
But he said he will have hearings and stuff.
He said he is going to get investigations going.
He said he is going to really get to the bottom of what the outrage of the day is.
BLAH BLAH BLAH
Even election year Linda is a snake. Please primary this fraud . After the election he will go back to being the punk who was McTraitor’s butt boy.
Did anyone primary this POS? Not my state, but I know he’s up for re-election.
for Heaven’s sake, Lindsay Graham has indeed shown considerable improvement since his Arizona buddy passed away, and I give Graham credit for this. However, his persistent efforts to import more foreigners to take away Americans’ jobs in USA... is ....deplorable....(is he getting paid off? we can’t think of ANY rational or political reason for him to be doing this)
“The beat goes on and I’m so wrong”
These green cards require the people who get them to invest in a new business with the money (currently $900K and the business must create a minimum of 10 new American jobs per green card.
Of all the immigration policies of the US, this is probably the best one. You are not bringing in poor people who will take American jobs or use or social services, you are bringing the best and the wealthy from around the world who will contribute to the American economy. Not only will they invest the 900K (or 450K), they will also bring in their other personal wealth to the US. They also will now be paying US income taxes with high earning ability.
If there was one immigration policy that we should expand and reduce everything else, this one is it.
These C_suckers dont stop they’ll get something other than a virus that’ll end their life.
White paper. Top left, “G”. Noted. FF were very smart. If it comes to this...we have the tools.
That, whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government, laying its foundation on such principles, and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness.
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