Kushner Family Markets US Citizenship at a Great Price
a tagline on the brochure for the event touting he Kushners’ “celebrity” status ― said: “Invest $500,000 and immigrate to the United States.”
even as Donald Trump feverishly cracks down on immigration
the Washington Post and New York Times: Jared Kushner’s sister. Nicole Meyer told a Beijing ballroom filled with more than 100 wealthy Chinese investors that $500,000 paid to the Kushner family could secure them a top spot in America.
The was event hosted by Qiaowai, a Chinese company which helps bridge U.S. companies with Chinese investors. The company is also an immigration agency that helps Chinese families move abroad.
For hundreds of thousands of dollars invested in the Kushner family’s New Jersey real estate project, wealthy Chinese families would be able to apply to immigrate to America The New York Times points out that the program is sometimes referred to as “U.S. citizenship for sale,” and has been wracked with fraud and abuse cases.
According to the Washington Post,
Meanwhile Jared and Ivanka Trump have cozied up with Chinese officials. Earlier this month, Ivanka Trump won trademarks from China for her retail brand on the very same day she dined with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
One Chinese investor, Wang Yun, told the Washington Post that investing in the Kushners could be a risky gamble. “We heard that there are rumors that [Donald Trump] is the most likely to be impeached president in American history. That’s why I doubt this project.”
Although the event was publicly advertised, journalists for both the New York Times and Washington Post were eventually escorted from the ballroom.