A nonrefundable processing fee of US$15,000 per person, successful vetting, and then a gift to the U.S. government of US$1 million, or US$2 million where a corporate sponsor is involved. The result is processed through the existing first and second employment-based preference classifications, and it confers residence rather than citizenship.
Residence is what is on offer, and the money travels toward the government
Two misunderstandings recur, and they pull in opposite directions. The first treats the payment as something the government provides, which reverses the flow entirely: the applicant pays, the U.S. government receives, and nothing is granted in the other direction except the immigration outcome itself.
The second treats the outcome as a passport. Hypothetical example: a professional from Sainte-Cécile-de-Milton is told by an acquaintance that the programme confers American citizenship on payment. That is not what the framework delivers.
Lawful permanent residence and citizenship are separate legal statuses reached by separate processes, and naturalisation carries its own requirements of residence, physical presence, good moral character and examination, none of which any payment removes. Understanding what is actually being acquired is the first step, because the sum involved makes the difference between the two statuses expensive to misjudge.