In an ideal completely honest and devoid of mischief world, immigration policy would be everyone lives and works wherever they want. So yeah, the argument that immigration policy is bullshit stands on its own weight.
The investor visa is basically the ruling class telling you they will let you work in their companies if you also invest in the place where they park their generational wealth.
Yeah I mean it's not zero, but there's a lot of capital going into a thing that's not employing _that many people_, even beyond the value judgements around that.
Granted, maybe "real estate" here also means construction (which has its issues but I mean, people are building stuff). But I'm imagining more the "let me invest in buildings and make money off of it"-style industries.
The investor visa is basically the ruling class telling you they will let you work in their companies if you also invest in the place where they park their generational wealth.