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A 'Trump Card Visa' Is Already Showing Up in Immigration Forms

by jaredwiener on 5/7/25, 11:10 PM with 44 comments

• by LeafItAlone on 5/8/25, 12:25 AM

  Honest question: let’s say that Congress suddenly realizes what their job entails and what powers belong to them.

  The article mentions that 1,000 of these visas have been sold and up to 1,000,000 may be.

  If Congress says “no, this isn’t authorized” and the Supreme Court finally cracks open the Constitution and agrees with them: what does a rollback plan look like?

• by vsskanth on 5/7/25, 11:25 PM

  No law required ? Is Executive order sufficient to create new visa categories ?

• by 01HNNWZ0MV43FF on 5/7/25, 11:27 PM

  "America is so unfair, in America only the rich are allowed to bribe public officials" -- Source unknown

• by biggc on 5/7/25, 11:34 PM

  Why would anyone buy this over participating in an EB-5 investor visa project?

• by ern on 5/7/25, 11:46 PM

  Australia effectively scrapped this sort of visa in 2024 because it wasn't bringing the expected benefits. The UK did a similar thing because of it being exploited by oligarchs. (https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-68052626)

• by outcoldman on 5/8/25, 3:32 AM

  You know who has 5M dollars? Cartel.

• by orionblastar on 5/7/25, 11:29 PM

  Mirror around Wired Paywall: https://archive.is/jlTgv

• by Terr_ on 5/8/25, 12:27 AM

  Sounds like the people who take advantage of this illegal "Presidential offer" will become guilty of (A) immigration fraud and (B) tax evasion.

  The current administration--as a principal criminal--may refuse to prosecute... but the statute of limitations will extend past Trump's term, and tax fraud has no statute of limitations.