shanghai organizers bar journalists sunday publicly advertise event shanghai offer chinese investors chance get u.s. immigrant visa put money real estate project link family president donald trump son-in-law two-tower luxury apartment complex new jersey one journal square develop kabr group kushner company recently head senior white house advisor jar kushner husband trump daughter ivanka developers seek raise 150 million 15.4 percent fund project investors eb-5 visa program accord market materials post event organizer immigration agency qiaowai controversial eb-5 program allow wealthy foreigners effect buy u.s. immigration visa families invest least 500,000 certain development project sorry private event say man stop journalists enter function room four season hotel shanghai guests event say kushner sister nicole kushner meyer speak 10 minutes include family humble root accord new york time meyer attend similar event beijing saturday tell audience 100 people project mean lot entire family jar kushner whose white house portfolio include relations china sell stake kushner company family trust early year mr kushner involvement operation kushner company divest interest one journal square project sell family trust wife children beneficiaries mechanism suggest office government ethics lawyer blake roberts wilmerhale law firm say statement email reuters white house previously state recuse particular matter concern eb-5 visa program kushner company spokeswoman decline comment new york time article beijing event publish saturday time story say meyer respond ask concern possible conflict interest face brother journalists time washington post remove saturday beijing event newspapers report one potential investor sophie xing say important factor decision attend sunday event fact project kushner company investment trump son-in-law sister would shanghai actually really know close felt pretty good project say promotional text message see reuters qiaowai make note meyer relationship trump call event heavyweight honor guest qiaowai representatives event decline answer question journalists call list phone number go unanswered qiaowai also know qwos promotional materials project also call kushner1 advertise prospect put money federal eb-5 program program popular among wealthy chinese look shift assets abroad move overseas come fire unite state u.s. lawmakers call change abolish eb-5 program scheme recently renew congress sept. 30. potential investor xing say kushner representative speak sunday stress eb-5 rule could change september raise minimum require investment another person attend sunday event liu guoqi mindful potential rule change liu say previous pitch eb-5 investments concern risk whole thing may change late year feel much time leave say unite state eb-5 program also spark concern possible scam immigrants burn misrepresentations make program promoters inside outside unite state many lose money chance win u.s. citizenship trump vow clamp illegal immigration addition beijing shanghai road show one journal square schedule visit chinese cities shenzhen guangzhou wuhan accord qiaowai market materials online call kushner family famous real estate clan tout eb-5 immigration peace mind qiaowai chinese-language market material describe project support government create star developer say project 87th eb-5 program story refiled fix spell qiaowai paragraph 17 18 reporters bar kushner company event china