# Research by Professor Jeanne Calderon and Scholar-in-Residence Gary Friedland on the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program

1 March 22, 2017 The New York Times ![The New York Times Logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/uat_027320.jpg?itok=W8xBr66g)>

Excerpt from [The New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/22/business/trump-organization-scion-hotel-deal.html) -- "Millions of dollars of capital for the project came from Chinese investors hoping to qualify for visas through the immigrant investment program known as EB-5, an initiative that enables wealthy foreign investors to put themselves on a path to United States citizenship."

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