Remember the Administration’s gold card proposal, wherein for $5 million a wannabe immigrant could have immediate citizenship? How’s that going?<\/p>\n
President Donald Trump\u2019s \u201cgold card\u201d visa, where a foreigner can shell out at least $1 million to legally live and work in the U.S.<\/a><\/span>, has been approved for one person, said Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick Thursday \u2014 appearing to fall a bit short of an earlier claim.<\/p>\n
After it\u00a0launched in December<\/a><\/span>, Lutnick said that the government had sold $1.3 billion \u201cworth\u201d in just several days, as Trump stood by holding up the gilded ticket and said, \u201cessentially it\u2019s the green card on steroids.\u201d<\/p>\n
Lutnick did not address the apparent discrepancy in an exchange with a congresswoman at Thursday\u2019s committee hearing. [AP<\/strong><\/a>]<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
That’s what I’d call a commentary on the desirability of the United States as a permanent home under the Republicans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Remember the Administration’s gold card proposal, wherein for $5 million a wannabe immigrant could have immediate citizenship? How’s that going? President Donald Trump\u2019s \u201cgold card\u201d visa, where a foreigner can shell out at least $1 million to legally live and work in the U.S., has been approved for one person, \u2026 Continue reading