The FactsThe EB-5 program is designed to direct needed job-creation funds to poor areas of the United States, but it has long faced accusations of fraud and abuse. Jared Kushner, President Trump’s senior adviser and son-in-law, in 2015 financed an opulent, 50-story residential tower in Jersey City using the EB-5 program. In the case of Mayorkas, the inspector general began an investigation after receiving a whistleblower complaint in 2012. “He was found by Barack Obama’s inspector general …” Actually, inspectors general are nonpolitical and “are appointed without regard to political affiliation,” according to the inspector general’s website. But the EB-5 program is overwhelmingly used by the Chinese.

Source: Washington Post December 11, 2020 07:52 UTC