Trump’s multimillion-dollar gold card visas plan could help pay down national debt

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President Donald Trump’s grand plan to sell multimillion-dollar visas in an effort to pay down the national debt is underway as Congress moves to make his dream a reality.

The billionaire businessman-turned-president pitched the unusual strategy for admitting immigrants last month and since then, plans for codifying the change are advancing in Congress, according to Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX), who is working on companion legislation.

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