The US has suspended the Green Card Lottery program
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US President Donald Trump has suspended the Green Card Lottery program following the shooting at Brown University. The suspect in the attack, Neves Valente, a Portuguese citizen, allegedly entered the US through this program.
"At President Trump's direction, I am immediately ordering US Citizenship and Immigration Services to suspend the DV1 [Diversity Visa Lottery] program. This is to prevent Americans from being harmed by this harmful program," US Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem wrote on her social media page.
Referring to the suspect, the Secretary said: "This terrible man should never have been allowed into our country."
Neves Valente, a 48-year-old Portuguese citizen, is suspected of the attack at Brown University. Two students were killed and nine others were injured in the shooting at the university. A Portuguese man is also suspected of murdering an MIT professor.
Neves Valente was found dead of a gunshot wound on Thursday, December 18. It is believed he committed suicide.
According to US authorities, the Portuguese man arrived in the US in 2017 under the DV1 immigration program. Winners of the lottery receive US immigrant visas, which grant the right to subsequently obtain permanent resident status.
It is also reported that Neves Valente arrived in the US in 2000 to study at Brown University. He entered the country on a student visa. His whereabouts after graduation and before receiving his green card in 2017 are not specified.
Referring to the suspect, the Secretary said: "This terrible man should never have been allowed into our country."
Neves Valente, a 48-year-old Portuguese citizen, is suspected of the attack at Brown University. Two students were killed and nine others were injured in the shooting at the university. A Portuguese man is also suspected of murdering an MIT professor.
Neves Valente was found dead of a gunshot wound on Thursday, December 18. It is believed he committed suicide.
According to US authorities, the Portuguese man arrived in the US in 2017 under the DV1 immigration program. Winners of the lottery receive US immigrant visas, which grant the right to subsequently obtain permanent resident status.
It is also reported that Neves Valente arrived in the US in 2000 to study at Brown University. He entered the country on a student visa. His whereabouts after graduation and before receiving his green card in 2017 are not specified.
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