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.
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.
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
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
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.