eb-5 visa program – ImmigrationReform.com https://www.immigrationreform.com The Official Blog of FAIR Tue, 01 Mar 2022 18:15:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.9.10 https://www.immigrationreform.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/cropped-IR-Favicon-100x100.png eb-5 visa program – ImmigrationReform.com https://www.immigrationreform.com 32 32 EB-5 Investor Snagged in $5 Million COVID Relief Scam https://www.immigrationreform.com/2022/03/01/foreign-national-covid-relief-fraud-immigrationreform-com/ Tue, 01 Mar 2022 18:15:12 +0000 https://www.immigrationreform.com/?p=25462 Another day, another EB-5 boondoggle. A fleeing foreign national was arrested last week at the U.S.-Mexico border and charged with bilking more than $5 million in COVID relief funds for sham companies. Among Reddy Raghav Budamala’s dubious transactions was a six-figure “investment” into the EB-5 cash-for-visas program. Though the Department of Justice (DOJ) and news reports referred [...]

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]]> Legislation Introduced to Deny Visas to Aliens Engaging in Espionage https://www.immigrationreform.com/2020/08/07/counter-espionage-legislation-china-immigrationreform-com/ https://www.immigrationreform.com/2020/08/07/counter-espionage-legislation-china-immigrationreform-com/#comments Fri, 07 Aug 2020 09:19:59 +0000 https://www.immigrationreform.com/?p=23332 The U.S. State Department’s recent move to close the Chinese Consulate General in Houston over concerns of espionage has spurred federal lawmakers to consider new measures that would prevent the entry of known or potential national security threats into the United States. On July 28, U.S. Senators Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Kelly Loeffler (R-Ga.), and [...]

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]]> https://www.immigrationreform.com/2020/08/07/counter-espionage-legislation-china-immigrationreform-com/feed/ 1 Hearing Today on Fraud Plagued Visa Program https://www.immigrationreform.com/2016/02/11/hearing-today-on-fraud-plagued-visa-program/ Thu, 11 Feb 2016 18:51:24 +0000 http://live-immigrationreform.pantheonsite.io/?p=11848 Today the House Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on the EB-5 Visa Program.  FAIR has continually called for an end to this program which has been riddled with mismanagement and fraud. The EB-5 Visa Program was created in 1990 for foreigners to get visas for themselves and their families by investing in a U.S. [...]

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]]> Washington Post Calls for End of Investor Visas https://www.immigrationreform.com/2015/09/08/washington-post-calls-of-end-of-investor-visas/ https://www.immigrationreform.com/2015/09/08/washington-post-calls-of-end-of-investor-visas/#comments Tue, 08 Sep 2015 21:13:53 +0000 http://live-immigrationreform.pantheonsite.io/?p=10085 A Washington Post editorial called for eliminating the investor visa (EB-5) program sometimes called the “million dollar” visa program. Given the paper’s long-standing pro-immigration advocacy, this position was noteworthy. The editor’s view is that the, “EB-5 has shown paltry results…”  It also noted that all too often the program has been tarnished by fraud. The [...]

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