Feds' probe of visa program echoes in Virginia governor's race

An email outlining the IG investigation, obtained by the Times, was sent to members of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.The email said that investigators, who initially acted on a tip from an FBI counterintelligence analyst, uncovered "subsequent allegations involving alleged conflicts of interest, misuse of position, mismanagement of the EB-5 program, and an appearance of impropriety by Mayorkas and other U.S. CIS management officials."The email stated that the IG's office informed FBI agents conducting a pre-nomination background check on Mayorkas about the investigation last month, noting there have been no findings of criminal misconduct.

But the revelation could hurt confirmation prospects for Mayorkas china visa application instructions, who is the only person Obama has nominated to the department in his second term despite several leadership posts remaining vacant.Mayorkas was reportedly scheduled to have a confirmation hearing on Thursday, but Sen. Tom Coburn of Oklahoma, the ranking Republican on the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, "has asked the committee to allow the inspector general to complete his investigations before moving ahead with the nomination," his spokesman, John Hart, told the Times.A Senate aide told the newspaper that the administration had asked the committee to expedite the nomination so that Mayorkas could be confirmed as deputy secretary before the August recess, allowing him to act as secretary after departing Secretary Janet Napolitano steps down in September, CNN reports.

New developments in a federal investigation of a program that offers U.S. visas to foreign investors have Virginia Republicans attacking Democratic gubernatorial nominee Terry McAuliffe and the electric-car firm he headed with a plant in Mississippi and ties to China.The Associated Press reported Tuesday that President Barack Obama's pick for the Homeland Security Department's china travel visa requirements Citizenship and Immigration Services director Alejandro Mayorkas, is under investigation for his role in helping a company run by Hillary Rodham Clinton's brother, Anthony Rodham.