In this episode of the Edward R. Murrow Award winning podcast Immigration Crisis: The Fight for the Southern Border, Emmy winning journalist Yami Virgin and photojournalist and editor Paul Sanchez examine how wealth and investment influence legal immigration.

As debate grows over high dollar visa pathways, supporters say these programs create jobs and boost the economy, while critics question fairness and access.

Yami speaks with immigration attorney Abteen Vaziri, an Iranian American who came to the U.S. as a political refugee and now works with the EB-5 visa program, which allows immigrants to pursue a green card by investing in U.S. businesses that generate American jobs.

The episode explores who benefits from investment driven immigration and what it means for the future of U.S. immigration policy.

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This new waterborne barrier doesn’t look the same as the buoys Texas installed near Eagle Pass in 2023. The state’s buoys are about 2,000 feet of spheres, with discs separating them. They cover roughly 2,000 feet in the Rio Grande. The federal government’s new design of buoys is more cylindrical and appears to be more closely linked, and they will stretch significantly farther.

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Are Texas gangs and organized crime groups now operating under the direction of Mexican cartels? One Texas lawman says yes. Goliad County Sheriff Roy Boyd testified before lawmakers in Washington, D.C., laying out what he described as cartel-controlled drug networks operating in Texas—particularly connected to the Gulf Cartel and distribution of cocaine.

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