Donald Trump’s “gold card” 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, said Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick Thursday — appearing to fall a bit short of an earlier claim.
After it launched in December, Lutnick said that the government had sold $1.3 billion “worth” in just several days, as Trump stood by holding up the gilded ticket and said, “essentially it’s the green card on steroids.”
Lutnick did not address the apparent discrepancy in an exchange with a congresswoman at Thursday’s committee hearing.
The types of visas that are available and the rules for them are set by laws passed by Congress. Trump doesn’t have the power to just unilaterally create a new visa category. So if you look at the fine print, this is actually some other already existing category that allows the president to admit individuals at discretion, and the fee is just a donation to the US Treasury. That’s also why it’s not racking up a bunch of court challenges.
Trump doesn’t have the power to just unilaterally…
it’s incredible to me that, today, there are people in the USA who think rules and laws still apply… this is at week 6 of a not-a-war that the orange pedophile did not have the power to unilaterally commit the country to
It’s incredible to me that, today, you’re willing to just give up all rules and laws without even an argument.
my dude, i can argue with someone who agrees with me or i can argue with the wall. i can’t argue with someone in charge. i’d rather go play pogs
Look at all the “HE CAN’T DO THAT”s in the rearview mirror and tell us we’re wrong.
I swear to Christ, US liberals have had Groundhog Day syndrome for a solid year. Things have escalated and your response hasn’t changed a fucking iota.
recognizing the laws have no teeth or enforcement is not giving them up, it’s simply accepting the problem which is the very first step to solve it
Trump doesn’t have the power to just unilaterally create a new visa category.
He gets to order ICE around and they get to decide who actually gets the rough treatment.
That said, I wouldn’t count on this visa being worth much once Trump is gone. So I can understand why nobody is enthusiastic about paying his bribe.
Why do you know that it’s going to the treasury and rules have never stopped him before.
The Trump administration has been known to just randomly, unilaterally withdraw visas on a whim. You’d have to be crazy to accept that bargain when they just might kick you out anyway and keep your money.
Or take the fees for applications but not process any of them. As they are currently doing
The worst part is, other countries have done this, we just did it in the worst way possible.
There are several countries where if you invest enough in the economy through trade and businesses you can actually get a visa. But you have to actually invest in the economy not just throw a million dollars at some orange dickhead.
Is it one of his pedophile friends?
… so stupid
I really really really really want to see in the news soon that this person still got disappeared by ICE for being the wrong color.
It’s Nicki Minaj, so she probably won’t get disappeared. They need her propaganda.
I still wouldn’t put it past an ICE agent that “likes all kinds of music, except hip-hop”
This entire administration all behave like cartoon supervillians.
Watching that smug little shit Lutnick evading questions that he wants to answer when the cameras are off is really quite something.
Cartoon supervillains generally have a coherent plan and goal. These clowns just seem to want to watch the world burn.
Yeah, well fuck him and fuck them.
Fuck all the evil people
Sounds illegal.
what a rip off
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Item number 672 we need to fucking rescind STAT
Six, two and even the person who bought that gets deported anyway.
Lemme guess, the person is a fellow named “John Barron”, right?
The thought-exercise I’m currently trying to resolve is: what happens when a US citizen applies for one of these? Let’s say you scrape together the cash and buy one. Will that matter if ICE throws you in a cell anyway? Now let’s consider what happens if the same happens for an immigrant? I’m gonna say that these aren’t worth the paper they’re printed on; right now I don’t think there’s any such magic talisman (short of being a celebrity) that will help once you’re inside US’ borders.
