What Is the Diversity Visa Lottery That Trump Suspended?

What Is the Diversity Visa Lottery That Trump Suspended?
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem joins an ICE team during an enforcement action in New York City on Jan. 28, 2025. ICE via Getty Images
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President Donald Trump on Dec. 18 ordered the suspension of the Diversity Immigrant Visa Program, the same program that granted entry to the United States to the suspect in a recent mass shooting at Brown University.

A citizen of Portugal, Claudio Manuel Neves Valente, on Dec. 13, allegedly shot and killed two students at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, and then, on Dec. 15, allegedly shot and killed a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in his home, according to prosecutors.

Arjun Singh
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Arjun Singh is a reporter for The Epoch Times, covering national politics and the U.S. Congress.
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