US EditionTrump suspends green card lottery program that let Brown University, MIT shootings suspect into US
The Diversity Immigrant Visa program, which grants 50,000 green cards annually, is paused after the Brown and MIT shooter entered the U.S. through it, 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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DNyuzThe Trump administration pauses the green card lottery program
Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem said that the Trump administration would be pausing the US green card lottery.Pool/Getty ImagesHomeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said the Trump administration would pause the diversity visa lottery.In an X post, she said the suspect in the Brown and MIT shootings had entered through the program.The green card lottery program issues about 55,000 visas a year.Kristi Noem, the Secretary of Homeland S…
US Homeland Security chief pauses green card lottery programme
The United States announced the immediate suspension of the diversity lottery immigrant visa program after authorities said the suspected gunman involved in three killings at Brown University and MIT had entered the country through the system. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem said on X that the Brown University shooter, Claudio Manuel Neves Valente, entered the United States through the diversity lottery immigrant visa program in 2017 …
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vosgesmatin.frThis announcement by the U.S. Minister of Homeland Security came a few hours after the suspect of the shooting at Brown University was found dead. The individual had been granted a "diversity visa" by lot to enter the United States.
"He should never have been allowed to enter." U.S. Homeland Security Minister Kristi Noem ordered on Friday the immediate "suspension" of the issuance of "diversity visas" by lot, a program that the suspect of shooting at Brown University had received."Claudio Manuel Neves Valente, the author of the shooting at Brown University, entered the U.S. in 2017 through the Diversity Visa Program (DV1) and obtained a Green Card. This heinous individual s…
On Friday, the Minister of Homeland Security announced "a break" in the issue of "diversity visas" by lot, a programme which the suspect of shooting at Brown University had benefited from.
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