US EditionTrump suspends green card lottery program that let Brown University, MIT shootings suspect into US
The Diversity Immigrant Visa Program, which issues about 50,000 visas annually, was paused after the shooter gained entry through it in 2017, raising security concerns.
- 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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New York. The U.S. government announced Friday the suspension of one of its migrant visa programs, after it was confirmed that the main suspect of an armed attack at Brown University entered the country through that immigration mechanism. U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem reported that Claudio Manuel Neves-Valente, a 48-year-old Portuguese citizen, obtained permanent residence in 2017 through the Diversity Visa Program (DV1), known…
Washington announced the immediate "suspension" of the issuing of visas by lot, a popular program that had benefited the man – of Portuguese nationality – suspected of killing two students at the American University Brown and a professor of MIT.
Noem announces pause on immigrant visa lottery that allowed alleged Brown shooter to enter US
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced a pause on the Diversity Immigrant Visa Program lottery, which she indicated that the Brown University shooter had benefitted from.
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nin.rsThe suspect in the Brown University shooting, who was found dead, entered the United States through the green card lottery, according to officials.
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US suspends green card lottery after Brown, MIT professor shootings
WASHINGTON: The Trump administration announced on Thursday (Dec 18) it will suspend a green card lottery that allowed a man believed to be behind both a mass shooting at Brown University and the
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