US EditionTrump suspends green card lottery program that let Brown University, MIT shootings suspect into US
The Trump administration paused the Diversity Immigrant Visa program after the 2017 lottery allowed a suspect in shootings that killed three and injured nine, officials said.
- On Thursday, President Donald Trump suspended the Diversity Immigrant Visa program after officials said the Brown University and MIT shootings suspect entered the U.S. through the lottery.
- The Diversity Immigrant Visa Program randomly awards up to 50,000–55,000 visas annually and nearly 20 million applicants entered the 2025 visa lottery, with over 131,000 selected including spouses.
- Authorities identified the suspect as Claudio Manuel Neves-Valente, a Portuguese national and former Brown University student; the Brown attack killed two students, wounded nine, and the suspect was found dead by suicide in a storage unit in Salem, New Hampshire late Thursday.
- The administration is also moving to expand detention capacity with two dozen mega centers and propose a $100,000 H-1B application fee as part of immigration policies tightening.
- Created by Congress under the Immigration Act of 1990, the program ensures winners undergo vetting procedures, and Portuguese citizens won only 38 slots in recent draws.
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(LPL/CNN) – The U.S. immigration agency has been ordered to suspend its Diversity Visa (DV1) program, popularly known as the “visa lottery,” after it was discovered that the Brown University shooting suspect had entered the country through it, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said. Claudio Valente entered the United States through the Diversity Visa Lottery in 2017 and was granted a green card, Noem said in a post on X Thursday night. “Th…
Trump Admin Immediately Halts Visa Program That Allowed Brown and MIT Suspect Into the Country
A visa program under which the man authorities believe killed two Brown University students and a Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor entered the country has been paused, according to Homeland […] The post Trump Admin Immediately Halts Visa Program That Allowed Brown and MIT Suspect Into the Country appeared first on The Western Journal.
Redacción Internacional, 19 Dec (EFE).- US President Donald Trump has decided to suspend the permanent residence card lottery program (“green cards”) with which the suspect of the attack at Brown University entered the United States. That Diversity Visa Program (DV1) facilitates residence for people from countries with low immigration rates to the United States. National Security Secretary Kristi Noem said this Friday in her X account that Claud…
On December 19, the U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security, Christy Noham, announced that the U.S. was suspending the DVD1 program (the Green Card Lottery), which gave immigrants from other countries a chance to enter America.
Noem suspends green card lottery system that suspected Brown-MIT shooter used
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has suspended the green card lottery program aimed at letting people from countries with low immigration rates into the United States. Noem is enforcing the suspension because the alleged Brown University shooter used the diversity immigrant visa system to enter the U.S. The suspect, a Portuguese national, allegedly killed two students, an MIT professor, and wounded 9 others. The secretary said she made th…
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