Donald Trumpthe president of USAofficially announced the creation of the “Golden Card”a new residence permit destined for millionaires who want establish themselves in the North American country to invest. In this way, they can count on the benefit of a Permanent stayprovided there are investments in between.
The program, as explained by the Republican, will grant the same privileges as the “Green card”including a Way to citizenshipin exchange for a payment of U $ S5 million.
“We are going to sell a golden card. There is the green card, but this will be a golden card. We will put a price of about US $ 5 million, ”Trump said before journalists in the Oval Office of the White House.
On the other hand, the president said the program will attract successful investors That “they will spend a lot of money, they will pay many taxes and use many people.” He also suggested that permission could be called “Trump’s golden card”.
The US president suggested that Russian millionaires, many of whom were sanctioned by the US from the invasion of Russia to UkraineThey could opt for the golden card. “I know some Russian oligarchs that They are very good people”He said.
He also mentioned that the program could benefit technological companies such as Appleallowing them to bring Foreign talent to the US. “I think companies will pay to bring people,” Trump said, noting that the owners of the “Golden Card” would not be citizens, but would pay taxes in the country.
Finally, the Republican estimated that the United States could sell “Maybe a million of these cards, maybe more”although he did not offer details about the implementation of the program or its impact on existing immigration policies.
The measure will replace the immigration program
For its part, the Secretary of Commerce, Howard Lutnickpresent with Trump, confirmed that the measure will replace the current Immigration program for EB-5 investorsarguing that it is “Subject to too much fraud”. Lutnick said the new initiative will offer a more exclusive and expensive alternative to obtain the residence in the US.
The EB-5 program, created in 1990, allowed foreigners to obtain permanent residence If they made substantial investments in the country and They generated at least 10 full -time jobs.
In 2022, Congress established that the minimum investment required would be US $ 1,050,000, with exceptions in certain areas.
Trump will open a detention center in Guantanamo for deported immigrants
Trumpkeep going thoroughly with its measures against the illegal immigration In your country. This Wednesday announced that it will sign a decree to instruct the Pentagon and the Department of National Security To create a detention center at the Guantanamo Naval Base, in Cuban territory.
”We have 30,000 beds in Guantanamo to arrest the worst criminals illegal foreigners that threaten the American people”, Warned the president during an act at the White House.
Trump pointed against illegal migrants and pointed out: “Some of them They are so bad that we do not even trust their countries to all of thembecause we don’t want them to come back. So Let’s send them to Guantanamo. This will double our capacity immediately. It is hard. The signatures bring us one more step to eradicate once and for all the scourge of crime Migrant in our communities, ”said Trump.
Source: Ambito
