Summary
President Donald Trump's administration is stopping a visa lottery program that allowed a suspect in a Brown University shooting to enter the U.S. The program, known as the Diversity Immigrant Visa Programme, selects about 50,000 immigrants each year. The suspect, a Portuguese national named Claudio Manuel Neves Valente, was involved in a recent shooting at Brown University.
Key Facts
- President Trump's administration has halted the Diversity Immigrant Visa Programme.
- The program awarded green cards, or permanent residency, to about 50,000 people each year.
- The suspect in the Brown University shooting, Claudio Manuel Neves Valente, entered the U.S. through this lottery.
- Trump has long opposed this visa lottery, questioning its effectiveness and suggesting it brings in undesirable people.
- Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem announced the program's suspension, citing the recent shooting.
- The visa lottery was originally set up in 1990 to help people from underrepresented countries immigrate to the U.S.
- The Brown University shooting involved a suspect entering a physics lab and resulted in two fatalities and nine injuries.
