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Trump to end 'EB-5' immigrant investor visa program

Reuters

February 26, 2025 11:19 am

[Source: Reuters]

U.S. President Donald Trump will end the United States’ immigrant investor visa program known as the “EB-5 Program,” Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said.

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