[benmarten]

Please note that this does not seem to be any improvement for citizens of "US treaty countries", e.g. most northern and western european countries. Where the needed capital investment is only needed to be substantial to get an E-2 investor/entrepreneur visa. E.g. 100-150k of initial investment needed as far as I know ;)

[runesoerensen]

This definitely seems like an improvement even if you're treaty country citizen; particularly if you don't have $100-150K to invest (or whatever is required depending on the industry), or you'd rather have US investors contribute the capital. The E-2 investor visa requires the foreign national to be the investor:

"The E-2 nonimmigrant classification allows a national of a treaty country (a country with which the United States maintains a treaty of commerce and navigation) to be admitted to the United States when investing a substantial amount of capital in a U.S. business" https://www.uscis.gov/working-united-states/temporary-worker...

In any case more options is better for people seeking to start a business in the US (even people who are not paroled will benefit from not having to compete with paroled entrepreneurs over the same limited number of visas).