The visa program leaving hopeful immigrants empty-handed

Season 2016

Cash-for-visa program squanders Pakistani couple’s savings and hopes of life in the U.S.

After leaving their home in Pakistan and living in Dubai, Noreen and Shehryar Iqbal aspired to move to the U.S. through the EB-5 Visa program, which grants green cards and eventually U.S. citizenship for large, job-creating investments. Now their life savings are gone and there are no green cards in sight. What happened? Economics correspondent Paul Solman reports.

AIR DATE 11/17/16

How online hoaxes, fake news played a role in the election

How cartoons remind us that life goes on

News Wrap: Trump transition gets moving

What do first impressions say about Trump’s foreign policy?

Now Playing

The visa program leaving hopeful immigrants empty-handed

Trevor Noah turns outside perspective into funny observation

How online hoaxes, fake news played a role in the election

How cartoons remind us that life goes on

News Wrap: Trump transition gets moving

What do first impressions say about Trump’s foreign policy?

Now Playing

The visa program leaving hopeful immigrants empty-handed

Trevor Noah turns outside perspective into funny observation

How online hoaxes, fake news played a role in the election

How cartoons remind us that life goes on

News Wrap: Trump transition gets moving

Videos

About PBS News Hour

PBS NewsHour provides in-depth analysis of current events with a news summary, live studio interviews and discussions of domestic and international issues. Amna Nawaz and Geoff Bennett co-anchor.

Visit NewsHour Website

Broadcast Dates

#14755 - PBS News Hour | New
Friday, Jun 20 at 6pm TPT 2
#14755 - PBS News Hour |
Saturday, Jun 21 at 12am TPT 2
#14756 - PBS News Hour | New
Monday, Jun 23 at 6pm TPT 2
#14756 - PBS News Hour |
Tuesday, Jun 24 at 12am TPT 2
#14757 - PBS News Hour | New
Tuesday, Jun 24 at 6pm TPT 2

Top

To Top