US EditionIs the Diversity Visa a Security Risk?
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Reporter.netOklahoma Voice: Trump administration moves to pause diversity visa program after Brown, MIT shootings
WASHINGTON — Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said late Thursday she was suspending applications for a diversity visa program because the man suspected of killing two Brown University students and a Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor this week obtained a…
By Sarah BetancourtTo read this article in English in GBH News, click here.President Donald Trump has suspended a green cards lottery program that grants about 50,000 immigrant visas every year.The suspect of the Brown University shooting, Claudio Neves Valente, a Portuguese citizen, obtained a diversity visa through this lottery during Trump's first administration. Now, this method of becoming a permanent resident is closed for many, a measure …
The Philadelphia Tribune
Madison365Why the US is targeting the diversity visa lottery and what it means for applicants
The State Department is indefinitely pausing a visa program intended to admit certain individuals to the United States, known as the diversity visa program.
Trump administration suspends US Green Card Visa Lottery – Here’s why
The Donald Trump administration has suspended the United States Diversity Visa Lottery programme, a move that affects tens of thousands of prospective immigrants and follows recent deadly campus shootings that have reignited debate over immigration screening and national security. The suspension, announced on Thursday, 18 December 2025, was ordered by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, who directed the United States Citizenship and Immigr…
On December 18, US President Donald Trump decided to suspend the Diversity Visa Program, also known as the Green Card Lottery Program (DV Program).
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