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    Foreign Investor Program Offers Green Cards for Cash

    It's an immigration program for the rich. The EB-5 program allows up to 10,000 people a year to immigrate to the US in exchange for an investment of at least $500,000 in an American business. If the investment helps create ten jobs, the investor becomes eligible for permanent residency.

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    KCRW placeholderBy Mike Shuster • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    It's an immigration program for the rich. The EB-5 program allows up to 10,000 people a year to immigrate to the US in exchange for an investment of at least $500,000 in an American business. If the investment helps create ten jobs, the investor becomes eligible for permanent residency. Last year, more than seven-thousand people used the program. Kevin Sullivan, senior correspondent for the Washington Post, explains.

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      Mike Shuster

      NPR

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      Katie Cooper

      Producer, 'One year Later'

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      Kevin Sullivan

      Washington Post

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