{"id":2407090,"date":"2025-02-26T15:37:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-26T20:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/forget-the-green-card-trump-is-launching-the-gold-card-for-immigrants-its-his-most-creative-solution-yet\/"},"modified":"2025-02-26T15:40:08","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T20:40:08","slug":"forget-the-green-card-trump-is-launching-the-gold-card-for-immigrants-its-his-most-creative-solution-yet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/forget-the-green-card-trump-is-launching-the-gold-card-for-immigrants-its-his-most-creative-solution-yet\/","title":{"rendered":"Forget the Green Card, Trump Is Launching the &#8216;Gold Card&#8217; for Immigrants &#8211; It&#8217;s His Most Creative Solution Yet"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">38<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fforget-the-green-card-trump-is-launching-the-gold-card-for-immigrants-its-his-most-creative-solution-yet%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2407090&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In a recent declaration, President Donald Trump proposed a new immigration program aimed at wealthy foreign\u2062 nationals. The program, referred \u200dto as the &#8220;Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/american-express-sees-mixed-signals-in-economy-but-consumer-spending-still-strong\/\" title=\"American Express Sees \u2018Mixed Signals\u2019 in Economy but Consumer Spending Still Strong\">gold card<\/a>,&#8221; would allow individuals or companies willing to invest $5 million a pathway to U.S. citizenship. This\u200c initiative is intended to replace the current EB-5 visa program,which \u2063requires a $1 \u200cmillion investment in \u200djob-creating ventures. Trump emphasized that those purchasing the gold card would be affluent and accomplished individuals contributing to the\u2064 U.S. economy thru taxes and job creation. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick\u200b criticized the existing EB-5 program as flawed and fraudulent, suggesting that the new gold card system, which could \u2064perhaps\u200d sell up to \u200c10 million cards, would assist in reducing \u2062the federal deficit. Candidates for\u200d the gold card would\u200b undergo a vetting process to ensure they are \u2064&#8221;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-wants-to-sell-5-million-gold-card-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"... wants to sell ... &#039;...&#039; - Washington Examiner\">world-class global citizens<\/a>&#8221; before being\u2064 granted residency and the ability to \u2063invest in the U.S.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>For the foreigner who has everything &mdash; except American citizenship &mdash; President Donald Trump has unveiled a glittering new option.<\/p>\n<p>Trump on Tuesday teased the creation of a new program that would allow wealthy foreign nationals &mdash; or companies that want to bring in foreign nationals &mdash; the option of a path to citizenship for $5 million, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2025\/feb\/25\/donald-trump-announces-gold-card-replace-eb-5-immigration-program\/?utm_campaign=twtnl_x&amp;utm_medium=SocialFlow&amp;utm_source=Twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Washington Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/good-immigrants-lebanese-man-wont-remove-3000-sq-ft-american-flag-despite-citys-demands-may-pay-fine-pocket\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">new program<\/a> would replace a current visa classification called EB-5 in which a visa can be had for, generally, investing $1 million in a job-creating project.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;re going to be selling a gold card. You have a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mnuchin-600-stimulus-payments-could-be-deposited-starting-tonight\/\" title=\"Mnuchin: 0 Stimulus Payments Could Be Deposited Starting Tonight\">green card<\/a>; this is a gold card,&rdquo; Trump said,<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;re going to be putting a price on that card of about $5 million, and that&rsquo;s going to give you green card privileges, plus it&rsquo;s going to be a route to citizenship.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-gets-win-macron-french-president-makes-key-concession\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump<\/a> said that people who fork over the $5 million will be &ldquo;wealthy, and they&rsquo;ll be successful, and they&rsquo;ll be spending a lot of money and paying a lot of taxes and employing a lot of people, and we think it&rsquo;s going to be extremely successful,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said it was time to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/fired-feds-given-mere-minutes-clear-government-building-trump-musk-crack\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reform<\/a> the EB-5 program, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/trump-end-eb-5-immigrant-investor-visa-program-2025-02-25\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reuters<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The EB-5 program &hellip; it was full of nonsense, make believe and fraud, and it was a way to get a green card that was low price,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;So the president said, rather than having this sort of ridiculous EB-5 program, we&rsquo;re going to end the EB-5 program. We&rsquo;re going to replace it with the Trump gold card,&rdquo; Lutnick explained.<\/p>\n<p>Trump said, he thought up to 10 million gold cards could be sold, helping to reduce the federal deficit,&nbsp;according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/investor-visas-trump-immigration-eb5-gold-cards-cdb943dd1633bc234bb715fa20914e05\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Associated Press<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The gold card program &ldquo;could be great, maybe it will be fantastic,&rdquo; Trump said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s somewhat like a green card, but at a higher level of sophistication. It&rsquo;s a road to citizenship for people, and essentially people of wealth or people of great talent, where people of wealth pay for those people of talent to get in, meaning companies will pay for people to get in and to have long, long term status in the country,&rdquo; Trump said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Once again, Trump is the expert of thinking of things we had no idea we could do.<\/p>\n<p>Now, he&rsquo;s offering to sell U.S. &ldquo;gold cards&rdquo; to wealthy foreigners for $5,000,000 in return for entry into the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>If just 200 rich people take this, that&rsquo;s $1 BILLION.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Vtssqu0de7\">pic.twitter.com\/Vtssqu0de7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; George (@BehizyTweets) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BehizyTweets\/status\/1894510716507623544?\">February 25, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>AP noted that visas for megabucks investors are offered in nations that include Great Britain, Spain, Greece, Malta, Australia, Canada and Italy.<\/p>\n<p>About 8,000 people obtained EB-5 visas in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-no-brainer-fauci-lands-cushy-new-gig-after-retiring-from-government\/\" title=\"Fauci secures easy new job post-government retirement.\">2022 federal fiscal year<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Lutnick said not everyone will be eligible, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/administration\/5163993-trump-revamping-investor-visa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Hill<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They&rsquo;ll have to go through vetting, of course, to make sure they&rsquo;re <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">wonderful world class global citizens<\/a>, they can come to America. President can give them a green card, and they can invest in America, and we can use that money to reduce our deficit,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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On Tuesday, he hinted at a program that would enable affluent foreign individuals or companies wishing to sponsor them to obtain a pathway to citizenship for $5 million, as reported by The Washington Times. This initiative aims to replace the existing EB-5 visa classification, which typically requires a $1 million investment in job-creating projects. &#8220;We\u2019re going to be selling a gold card,&#8221; Trump stated, explaining that this card would cost around $5 million and provide green card privileges along with a route to citizenship<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2407091,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Donald-Trump-26.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[51157,51102,3813,3634],"class_list":["post-2407090","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-creative-solutions","tag-gold-card","tag-immigration","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Donald-Trump-26.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2407090","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2407090"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2407090\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2407094,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2407090\/revisions\/2407094"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2407091"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2407090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2407090"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2407090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}