“Z Visa” Program Would Let Wealthy Buy US Entry for Their Undead Relatives

By Bulletin Staff

Wealthy Americans will soon be able to purchase the right for their zombified family members to enter the United States on a so-called “Z visa,” the Trump administration announced this week, breaking with longstanding policy against undead immigration.

US law generally has barred zombies from entering the country through official immigration channels except as part of scientific research, in the interests of national security, on narrow humanitarian grounds or if the president declares a specific undead-related emergency.

This week’s announcement from the White House stated that the administration is finalizing rules for the new “Z visa” that would be available for purchase for $10 million. US citizens and permanent residents would be able to purchase a Z visa for a zombified family member, allowing that undead relative to legally enter the United States.

The White House statement justified the Z visas “on humanitarian grounds to keep families together and ensure that the living can remain close to their undead relatives.”

The Z visa policy marks something of a turnaround for the president, who, on the campaign trail prior to last November’s election, often derided the Biden administration’s immigration policies, which candidate Trump said were allowing other nations to send their undead to the United States.

“They’re sending their zombies across the border, and let me tell you, these zombies are the worst of the worst,” Mr. Trump said at a rally in Harrisburg, Pa., in October. “They’re not sending their slow-moving zombies. They’re sending their rage zombies, absolute killers.”

However, the administration began dropping hints in February that it might relax the rules around immigration for the living dead when it announced the so-called “Gold Visa” program, which allows wealthy living foreigners to buy a green card for $5 million.

“We’re looking at the zombie side of the visa situation, and I think we’ll have news on this very soon,” President Trump told reporters on Air Force One in early March shortly after announcing the Gold Visa program. “The living dead have been treated very unfairly in many cases, so we’re looking at how to fix that.”

Last week’s White House announcement drew immediate criticism from immigration advocates, who pointed out that the administration has staked out hardline anti-immigrant positions, boasting of pursuing largescale deportations and appearing to flaunt court orders constraining its ability to deport migrants without due process.

“President Trump would shut the door to immigration for actual living people fleeing oppression and economic hardship, while throwing the door wide open for his rich friends to bring their undead relatives into the country,” said Wendell Wilkins, executive director of Elfrida, an Arizona-based group that provides social services to immigrants.

Representative Yelena Suarez, D-NY, pointed to reporting that first in line for the Z visas were several Silicon Valley billionaires who had invested heavily in the president’s meme coin crypto currency.

“The oligarchs are lining up to line the president’s pockets so they can get access to special treatment for their undead friends and relatives,” Suarez said. “President Trump should be making life easier for living Americans, not putting Americans at risk by importing the living dead.”

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