claim: wealthy foreigners can obtain visas through a special program, but only a small number "invest in true high-unemployment areas. almost every other eb-5 project uses gerrymandering to qualify as distressed."
author: patrick leahy
evidence_1: may 29, 2017 ... new jersey real-time news ... eb-5 visas allow foreign investors to obtain  green cards for permanent ... of "high unemployment," to enable investors to  qualify with smaller ... "it is wrong to have a special pathway to citizenship for the  wealthy ... he said almost every other eb-5 project use what is known as ...
evidence_2: may 15, 2017 ... a widely criticized immigrant investor program is back in the ... raise funds for the  project through the eb-5 immigrant investor program, ... who said only a small  number of wealthy foreigners invest in true high-unemployment areas, and that  almost every other eb-5 project uses gerrymandering to qualify as ...
evidence_3: jun 1, 2017 ... the move was legal, and other developers have used similar strategies in ... but  it illustrates how kushner — who ran his family's real estate company before he ...  under the eb-5 program, a wealthy foreigner can get a fast-track visa ... resulting  investment goes to high-profile projects in prosperous areas.
evidence_4: may 15, 2015 ... investing in real estate projects in exchange for legal immigration status has ...  through a federal visa program known as eb-5, foreigners, more than 80 ... in a  project that will create at least 10 jobs can apply for a green card. .... “my wife  comes every few months to see the children, but the green card will ...
evidence_5: jul 24, 2014 ... sethi was the project's mastermind, a slender, soft-spoken young man with a  grandiose vision. ... (technically, one can obtain an eb-5 visa for $1 million with  no ... meanwhile, perhaps because wealthy foreigners are the main potential ... “ hijacking” money from worthy smaller investments in hard-hit areas, ...