Trump official insists overhauled visa system won't scare away foreign investment

Trump official insists overhauled visa system won't scare away foreign investment Submitted by Yasmine El-Sabawi on Tue, 05/05/2026 - 19:43 Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau expressed 'regret' over the deportation of South Korean businesspeople last year US Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau takes questions from the foreign press corps at the Gaylord Resort and Convention Center at National Harbor, Maryland, on 5 May 2026 (Yasmine El-Sabawi/MEE) Off The US government is working on overhauling its visa system to accommodate foreigners who come to do business in the US, a top Trump administration official said on Tuesday. Speaking at the SelectUSA Investment Summit - the largest annual convention to bring in foreign investment - Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau acknowledged that last year's immigration raid, detention, and deportation of more than 300 South Korean business consultants and workers from a Hyundai factory in the state of Georgia was one of "regret". "We are substantially overhauling our visa system to accommodate those concerns," that the US is unpredictable or potentially unsafe, Landau told a briefing for the foreign press corps.