美国总统唐纳德·川普女婿库什纳的妹妹正在中国出席招商活动，鼓励中国富豪们向纽约附近的一座豪华公寓大厦投资50万美元，以此成为美国永久居民。

妮可·库什纳·梅耶星期六和星期天分别在北京和上海出席了两场投资移民活动。妮可的哥哥是总统的白宫高级顾问。梅耶在北京一家酒店对100多潜在的中国投资者分享了新泽西中央大厦的市场潜力。该项目包括两座66层大厦、近1500套公寓，总值高达9亿7600万美元。 妮可·库什纳·梅耶称，这一项目“对我和我的整个家族意义重大”。

梅耶提到她的哥哥曾是库什纳家族企业的主管。库什纳和他的妻子、川普的大女儿伊万卡搬去华盛顿，成为川普的雇员后来他辞去这个职务。

为了避免公司业务跟白宫职务发生利益冲突，贾里德·库什纳放弃在家族企业，而在白宫任职。放弃的生意包括位于新泽西州泽西城的、他妹妹在中国力推的新泽西中央大厦。

梅耶在投资推介公开提及贾里德·库什纳跟川普的联系和在政府入职；

宣传海报上的口号是：“政府支持，明星开发商缔造”。

美国的EB-5移民签证规定，如果外国人在美国投资至少50万美元，创造10个就业，就可以获得美国永久居民资格。

一个宣传这座公寓大厦的小册子上写道，“50万美元移民美国”。

华盛顿邮报和纽约时报的采访记者，被清出场。

Kushner family in Beijing: 'Invest $500,000 and immigrate' to US

The EB-5 visa has been used by the Trump and Kushner family businesses. Foreigners, particularly wealthy Chinese nationals, have used the EB-5 program as a ticket into the states. And that promise has helped attract foreign investments for U.S. real estate projects.

President Trump has taken an anti-immigration stance and vowed to severely tighten the use of work visas. The EB-5 program has come under fire by members of Congress on both sides of the aisle.

Lawmakers say the program essentially sells citizenship to high-income foreigners.

On Saturday, potential investors in the Kushner project were told they should act quickly because possible policy changes to the EB-5 program might raise the required minimum investment.

Nicole Kushner Meyer also told the crowd how her grandfather immigrated to the United States and built a business from the ground up.

And she mentioned Jared's new position in the White House -- though there were no overt references to President Trump.

"In 2008, my brother Jared Kushner joined the family company as CEO, and recently moved to Washington to join the administration," she said.

Jared Kushner serves as an influential senior adviser to the president. Trump has at various times said he would lead or play a key role in many policy areas from foreign affairs to business innovation.

The event was meant to draw investors for 1 Journal Square, a $976.4 million residential and commercial project underway in New Jersey. The company says about 15% of it will be funded through the EB-5 program.

Jared Kushner has stepped away from the business since taking a key role in Trump's White House.

His attorney, Blake Roberts, said Kushner is not involved in the operation of Kushner Companies and divested his interests in the Journal Square project by selling them to a family trust that he, his wife and his children are not beneficiaries of, which was suggested by the Office of Government Ethics.

"As previously stated, he will recuse from particular matters concerning the EB-5 visa program," Roberts said in a statement.

The Beijing event, which was organized by Chinese immigration agency Qiaowai, was open to the public.

Reporters from the Washington Post and the New York Times attended but said they were later asked to leave.

Kushner Companies declined to comment. Qiaowai could not be immediately reached for comment.