Green Card Update as Marco Rubio Ordered to Reopen 2027 Lottery
The ruling lets up to 55,000 applicants worldwide enter the lottery after the administration missed the registration deadline.
- On Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Jinsook Ohta ordered the U.S. Department of State to reopen the 2027 Diversity Immigrant Visa Program. Secretary of State Marco Rubio must announce the registration period by midnight October 29.
- Red Eagle Law, a California immigration firm, sued the administration in August, arguing the government's failure to open registration on time violated federal law. The Trump administration had previously argued it was too late to implement the program.
- Mandated by the court, the registration period must remain open for 30 days starting by November 1. The program, created by the Immigration Act of 1990, allows up to 55,000 individuals to receive lawful permanent residency.
- Following the ruling, attorney Curtis Morrison said "We won," arguing that the administration cannot ignore laws passed by Congress. He emphasized the judiciary's role in enforcing statutory requirements.
- Although the Trump administration has long opposed the program, calling it "the worst of the worst," the State Department must now process applications until the 55,000 visa allocation is exhausted or until September 30, 2027.
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Green Card lottery latest update: US judge orders Trump administration to reopen 2027 Diversity Visa lottery; registration to begin November 1
A US federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to reopen registration for the 2027 Diversity Visa program, commonly known as the Green Card
The US District Court for the Southern District of California has ordered the Department of State to resume the Green Card Lottery (Diversity Immigrant Visa Program) no later than October 18, according to the court’s ruling
The court also required the Department of State to publicly announce the registration opening date on its official...
The Court of the Southern District of California ordered Secretary of State Marco Rubio and the United States Department of State to resume the suspension of the registration of participants in the Green Card Lottery no later than 18 October, and ordered the publication of the announcement of the date of registration on the official foreign policy website, and transmitted the document to TASS. According to the document, the court ordered U.S. Se…
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