Summary
Claudio Manuel Neves Valente, a suspect in the shootings at Brown University and the killing of an MIT professor, received a green card in 2017 during President Donald Trump's administration. Neves Valente entered the U.S. through the diversity lottery program and later died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound after these events. This incident has reignited debate about the diversity visa program, with calls to review or pause it.
Key Facts
- Claudio Manuel Neves Valente is suspected of shooting two students and injuring nine others at Brown University.
- He is also suspected of killing MIT professor Nuno F.G. Loureiro.
- Neves Valente was a Portuguese national and former Brown University student.
- He obtained a green card through the diversity visa lottery program in 2017.
- President Trump's administration emphasized immigration enforcement and had tried to end the diversity visa program.
- Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has ordered a pause on the DV1 program following the incidents.
- Neves Valente was found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
- The DV1 program grants up to 50,000 green cards annually via a lottery system.
