Program Overview - The US is introducing a new "gold card" program offering residency and a path to a green card for a $1 million unrestricted gift to the government [2][3] - The White House plans to make 80,000 gold cards available [1] - This program is being marketed with language similar to credit card privileges [5] Market Dynamics and Demand - The $1 million price point makes the US gold card one of the best deals in the global visa market, significantly lower than golden visa programs in Singapore ($7 million+), New Zealand (just under $3 million), and Bermuda ($25 million) [2][3] - Immigration attorneys and wealth advisors anticipate high demand, potentially selling out the available gold cards [1][9] - The biggest demand is expected from China, India, the Middle East, Brazil, and Mexico [3] - An estimated 7,500 millionaires are already expected to move to the US this year under existing programs, and the gold card is likely to attract even more wealth [4] Program Comparison and Concerns - The gold card program is presented as a faster, express lane compared to existing EB1 and EB2 programs, which have backlogs [8][9] - The EB1 and EB2 programs cost approximately $7,000 but have long waiting lists [8] - Concerns are raised about the potential loss of intellectual power from immigrants who might have previously entered through merit-based programs [10] - The gold card program is described as a new label for EB1 and EB2, not a completely new program [11] - The application process for the gold card is still unclear [12][13] Motivations for Participation - The wealthy are seeking backup plans and hedging their bets by obtaining residency in other countries [7] - The US gold card offers a quick and relatively easy path to residency with potentially light screening [8]

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Julia, can you just put this in context for us covering immigration, covering homeland security, this latest act of violence. >> Yeah, I mean, it's definitely a pattern that we are seeing in terms of an increase threat to ICE personnel. There was another ICE detention facility um in northern Texas recently in Alvaredo where they believed that uh the perpetrators tried to bring ICE officers outside of the facility so that they could target them there.Instead, it ended up being a local police person who was s ...

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I can confirm at this time that the FBI is investigating this incident as an act of targeted violence. It is unfortunately just the most recent example we've seen of targeted violence to include here in North Texas where back on July 4th we saw a coordinated attack carried out against an immigration detention center in Alvaredo, Texas. What I can also share with you is that early evidence that we've seen from uh rounds that were found near the suspected shooter contain messages that are anti-ICE in nature.T ...

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I want to first start by thanking our partners in local law enforcement, specifically the Dallas Police Department, for their quick and timely response. I can confirm at this time that the FBI is investigating this incident as an act of targeted violence. It is unfortunately just the most recent example we've seen of targeted violence to include here in North Texas where back on July 4th, we saw a coordinated attack carried out against an immigration detention center in Alvaredo, Texas.What I can also share ...

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Well, let's go over what we know right now. And joining us to do so is NBC News senior homeland security correspondent Julia Aninsley MSNBC national correspondent Rosa Flores along with former FBI senior official Chris Olirri and former DC Chief of Homeland Security and Intelligence Denell Harvin. Rosa, I know you've been working the phones. What more are you learning about this attack? Well, I talked to someone from the FBI, a spokesperson who said that FBI agents are headed to the scene and that the scene ...

Back. We're tracking a developing story in Texas where three detainees have been shot at an ICE field office in Dallas. An ICE spokesperson has now confirmed that two of the three people shot are dead.The third in the hospital. No ICE officers were hurt. The shooter died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.The spokesperson cautioned that information still very fluid. Joining us now, MSNBC national correspondent Rosa Flores. Rosa, anything else that we've learned here uh as to this shooting developing situatio ...