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.
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