Trump Suspends Diversity Visa Lottery Program After Brown University Shooter Used It to Enter US
Claudio Neves Valente didn’t sneak across the southern border. He didn’t overstay a tourist visa. He walked right through the front door, courtesy of something called the Diversity Visa Lottery. Every year, the United States hands out up to 55,000 green cards through random selection to applicants from underrepresented countries. The barrier to entry? A high school diploma or two years of work experience. That’s the whole screening process. Nearly 20 million people apply annually, hoping sheer luck will grant them permanent American residency.
Valente won that lottery in 2017. America lost.
From DHS Secretary Kristi Noem:
“This heinous individual should never have been allowed in our country. In 2017, President Trump fought to end this program, following the devastating NYC truck ramming by an ISIS terrorist, who entered under the DV1 program, and murdered eight people. At President Trump’s direction, I am immediately directing USCIS to pause the DV1 program to ensure no more Americans are harmed by this disastrous program.”
Within hours of learning the visa connection, President Trump suspended the entire program. No hand-wringing committees. No six-month studies. Action.
And let’s be clear—Trump called this shot eight years ago. After an Uzbek terrorist used this same lottery pathway to plow a truck down a Manhattan bike path and kill eight innocent people, Trump demanded the program be scrapped. Congress yawned. The lottery wheel kept spinning. More winners. More bodies.
Four years of Biden’s approach didn’t just overwhelm the southern border. It preserved programs like this lottery, treating immigration policy as a social experiment while Americans absorbed the risk. The families burying those Brown students aren’t feeling Washington’s compassion today.
At least someone finally decided American lives matter more than a diversity quota. The lottery window is closed.
Valente won that lottery in 2017. America lost.
From DHS Secretary Kristi Noem:
“This heinous individual should never have been allowed in our country. In 2017, President Trump fought to end this program, following the devastating NYC truck ramming by an ISIS terrorist, who entered under the DV1 program, and murdered eight people. At President Trump’s direction, I am immediately directing USCIS to pause the DV1 program to ensure no more Americans are harmed by this disastrous program.”
Within hours of learning the visa connection, President Trump suspended the entire program. No hand-wringing committees. No six-month studies. Action.
And let’s be clear—Trump called this shot eight years ago. After an Uzbek terrorist used this same lottery pathway to plow a truck down a Manhattan bike path and kill eight innocent people, Trump demanded the program be scrapped. Congress yawned. The lottery wheel kept spinning. More winners. More bodies.
Four years of Biden’s approach didn’t just overwhelm the southern border. It preserved programs like this lottery, treating immigration policy as a social experiment while Americans absorbed the risk. The families burying those Brown students aren’t feeling Washington’s compassion today.
At least someone finally decided American lives matter more than a diversity quota. The lottery window is closed.
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