U.S. citizenship FOR SALE!!!!

Fri Jul 09, 2010 4:56 am » by **Crashcastle**

http://abcnews.go.com/Travel/wireStory?id=11115734

Vermont's Jay Peak ski resort is continuing its $125 million development that includes a hotel, lodge and indoor water park funded mostly by foreign investors who were given U.S. residency permits in exchange for their money.

Resort officials and U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., who has promoted the EB-5 investor visa program in Congress, broke ground Wednesday on the second phase of the project

figures..... :top:

Fri Jul 09, 2010 5:13 am » by **sockpuppet**

What does citizenship have to do with residency permits?

Fri Jul 09, 2010 7:40 pm » by **Crashcastle**

sockpuppet wrote:What does citizenship have to do with residency permits?

Well, generally residency permits come before citizenship. Get picky all you want, it doesn't detract from the issue that these people are bypassing the system and buying the right to be in U.S.A. It's a matter of equality. That's why this concept of amnesty for the 30 mill illegals in this country all ready is wrong. it's like we are bypassing our own rules and laws for convenience. Do you believe in the rule of law? We already have one of the most lax immigration laws in the world, but that's not enough for people who want a cheap labor force.

Fri Jul 09, 2010 7:58 pm » by **sockpuppet**

I agree that this does seem sleezy, but I do not think it is a problem with the law. In order to gain citizenship that must be declared (green card) while obtaining the residency permit (visa).

I do not like the idea of investors coming and buying up America, but I would rather there be some investment going on in the labor force than illegals competing with citizens over jobs.