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Mayorkas came under investigation by the DHS Inspector General for his role in helping Gulf Coast secure approval to participate in the EB-5 program after it had been turned down by DHS and its appeal was rejected.  At the time, Mayorkas was head of the United State Citizenship and Immigration Services, charged with administering the EB-5 program that offers foreign investors, mainly [[Chinese]], a path to citizenship in return for a $500,000 cash investment that is used to create 10 jobs in the U.S..

Mayorkas came under investigation by the DHS Inspector General for his role in helping Gulf Coast secure approval to participate in the EB-5 program after it had been turned down by DHS and its appeal was rejected.  At the time, Mayorkas was head of the United State Citizenship and Immigration Services, charged with administering the EB-5 program that offers foreign investors, mainly [[Chinese]], a path to citizenship in return for a $500,000 cash investment that is used to create 10 jobs in the U.S..

The Inspector General also criticized Mayorkas for doing the bidding of former Senate Majority Leader [[Harry Reid]] by expediting the “review of investor petitions involved in funding a [[Las Vegas]] hotel and casino notwithstanding the career staff’s original decision not to do so.” The inspector general said “Mayorkas pressured staff to expedite the review. He also took the extraordinary step of requiring staff to brief Senator Reid’s staff on a weekly basis for several months.”

The Inspector General also criticized Mayorkas for doing the bidding of former Senate Majority Leader [[Harry Reid]] by expediting the “review of investor petitions involved in funding a [[Las Vegas]] hotel and casino notwithstanding the career staff’s original decision not to do so.” The inspector general said “Mayorkas pressured staff to expedite the review. He also took the extraordinary step of requiring staff to brief Senator Reid’s staff on a weekly basis for several months.”<ref>https://www.oig.dhs.gov/assets/Mga/OIG_mga-032415.pdf</ref>

The Mayorkas scandal developed when McAuliffe wanted to build a plant to manufacture electric cars in the U.S..  To raise money for the project, McAuliffe went to China with [[Bill Clinton]] and Tony Rodham to speak to potential investors. Huawei, eager to get its top officials into the U.S. and to lift the stigma of having been denied visas, was more than willing to invest in Rodham’s and McAuliffe’s company in return for visas.

The Mayorkas scandal developed when McAuliffe wanted to build a plant to manufacture electric cars in the U.S..  To raise money for the project, McAuliffe went to China with [[Bill Clinton]] and Tony Rodham to speak to potential investors. Huawei, eager to get its top officials into the U.S. and to lift the stigma of having been denied visas, was more than willing to invest in Rodham’s and McAuliffe’s company in return for visas.