Of course, that's pretty much how the current administration thinks, see also the "Gold card visa" (1).

Specifically, the thinking "Money coming to us is desirable, therefor people who give us lots of money are by definition not undesirable people".

Well, at least dollars are more easily quantified than ethics.

1)

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/19/trump-gold-card-vis...

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/09/the-...