Critics are calling it “the largest fraud in the history of the U.S. immigration system.”

President Donald Trump is allegedly wringing eye-watering sums of money from the very same people he has decided not to let into the country.

The non-profit accuses Trump, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and outgoing Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem of charging a conservative estimate of $1.3 billion to migrants in fees for visa processing and other services they have precisely zero intention of providing.

Under Rubio’s leadership, officials at the State Department have apparently even gone so far as to issue internal guidance actively prohibiting staff from informing those migrants they stand no hope of success, because “this could be seen as pre-adjudication” on their applications.

  • BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today
    6·
    4 days ago

    Cache of Jewish wedding rings found hidden in cave next to Buchenwald after it was liberated by Allied troops:

    The official caption:

    “A US soldier inspects thousands of gold wedding bands taken from Jews by the Nazis and stashed in the Heilbronn Salt Mines on May 3, 1945, in Germany. The treasures were uncovered by allied forces after the defeat of Nazi Germany.”

    Nazis NEVER change.

  • alpha1beta@piefed.socialEnglish
    13·
    6 days ago

    Between his time as a “business” man, his tariffs, his wars, his stupid merch, his crypto scams, and all his other grifts, he is the single largest thief to ever roam the planet.

    Every time the Federal Reserve refused to lower rates because of whatever lunatic move he did most recently, he’s stealing your mortgage, costing you more in rent, stealing yours jobs, your savings, and your opportunities.

  • RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world
    1·
    5 days ago

    What’s he worth now? 4 billion then? He was Worth 3 billion at the beginning of the year with all the grift he’d pulled over the previous year.