Trump Suspends Green Card Lottery After Brown/MIT Shootings, Sparks Controversy
President Donald Trump has suspended the green card lottery program, following the Brown University and MIT shootings. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced the pause, deeming the suspect, Claudio Neves Valente, should not have been allowed in the country through the program. Valente, who obtained a diversity immigrant visa in 2017 after previously being a student, is suspected in the shootings that resulted in multiple deaths and injuries. The diversity visa program, created by Congress, provides up to 50,000 green cards annually by lottery, and this move is anticipated to face legal challenges.
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