Summary
President Trump has suspended the green card lottery program after a suspect in recent shootings at Brown University and MIT, who entered the U.S. through this program, was found dead. The suspect, a Portuguese national, was previously a student at Brown University and gained permanent residency through the lottery in 2017.
Key Facts
- President Trump paused the green card lottery program after recent shootings.
- The shootings occurred at Brown University and led to the death of an MIT professor.
- The suspect, Claudio Manuel Neves Valente, was a Portuguese national.
- Valente studied at Brown University in the 2000s.
- He obtained a green card in 2017 via the diversity visa lottery program.
- Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced the suspension on social media.
- Trump has called for Congress to end the diversity visa lottery program.
