America literally lets in thousands upon thousands of illegal immigrants each and every year, to which on the one hand, government authorities claim that they are trying to secure our borders, but on the other hand, never seem to do a very good job doing so, making one come to the obvious conclusion, that America is implicitly allowing aliens to cross our border. While there are indeed benefits for certain Americans and certain American industries for this activity to continue, you can easily say with very little exception, that the typical immigrant that crosses our border illegally is impoverished, and often poorly educated.
In 1990, Congress created the "EB-5" visa program, which essentially allows up to 10,000 immigrants yearly to come into America legally as long as they: "create or preserve at least 10 full-time jobs…" and invest either 1 million dollars or instead $500,000 in a " Targeted Employment Area". If accepted within the program, this allows the qualified immigrant to receive a "green card" which ultimately will allow said immigrant to apply for citizenship in America.
The initial take from this program is that it is brilliant, I mean, sometimes the best plans are the ones that are most straightforward and easily comprehensible. To begin with, millions upon millions of people want to immigrate to America, so why not create a program, which takes people that have either been successful in their country and want to come to America, or for whatever reason have the wherewithal financially to invest in our country, which allows America to receive in return: money for their residency, job creation, and monies invested in infrastructure.
There are a couple things, though that I don't really understand about this program, such as, why have limits of a paltry 10,000 EB-5 immigrants per year? Instead, the limit should immediately be pushed up to at least match the historic rate of illegal immigration to America, which probably lays around 1,000,000 a year. Additionally, the EB-5 program should be structured with different tiers, so that those that have substantially more than $1 million to invest in America, can be "fast-passed" into receiving their residency and green card more quickly, for having doing so.
While I suppose some Americans might be appalled that green cards are, in essence, for sale, they should feel instead that these capital-rich immigrants are doing us a grand service by both investing into America, and by providing Americans employment; unlike many of the biggest multi-national companies based in America, that so often send jobs that could be performed here, overseas. One can make a very strong argument, that the foreigner that invests in this land is far more patriotic and much more American, than the so-called native-born American businessman which would sell his soul just to cut his expenses by a few pennies, at the expense of American labor.
Should foreigners be allowed to buy their way into America? Absolutely, they should, and I welcome them, because true Americans, are those that desire deeply to pursue their dreams and goals so as to achieve with vigor: their right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.