Emails between Alejandro Mayorkas and attorneys working for
GreenTech Automotive show the company pressed the U.S. Citizenship and
Immigration Services director to speed processing of 81 investor
applications in a federal “cash-for-visas” program after each invested
at least $500,000 in the hybrid car company.
The Inspector General’s Office says Mayorkas is the subject
of an investigation for allegedly helping Gulf Coast Funds Management
secure a visa for at least one GreenTech investor, according to the Assoicated Press. Mayorkas is President Obama’s nominee for the No. 2 position in the Department of Homeland Security.
One of the visas sought by Gulf Coast is for an official with a Chinese telecommunications firm that has been investigated by the House Intelligence Committee over claims it has close ties with Chinese intelligence, NBC News reported. The company in question, Huawei Technologies, denied such charges, NBC said.
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