Reject Selling Visas, Uphold Fair Immigration System

Selling visas for permanent residency sets a precedent that undermines America's core values of equality and fairness in the immigration system. Granting special privileges based on wealth contradicts our nation's founding principles of creating a level playing field for all. Furthermore, this "Gold Card" program raises ethical concerns about potentially enabling corruption, money laundering, and providing safe haven to individuals of ill-repute from other countries. Rather than commodifying residency visas, we should focus on streamlining and modernizing existing legal immigration pathways that assess applicants comprehensively based on merit, skills, family ties, humanitarian needs, and their ability to positively contribute to our society and economy. Prioritizing the wealthy elite over those who have diligently navigated the system through proper channels is an affront to hardworking immigrants who have played by the rules. I urge you to reconsider this misguided proposal and uphold an immigration policy rooted in fairness, security vetting, and values that unite rather than divide us as a nation of immigrants. Let us build an immigration system that reflects the best of America's pluralistic ideals.