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Trump suspends green card lottery amid university shooting concerns

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Trump suspends green card lottery amid university shooting concerns
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President Donald Trump suspended the green card lottery program following the Brown University and MIT shootings, which involved a suspect who entered the U.S. through this lottery system. The suspect, Claudio Neves Valente, was found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot, and the move to halt the program is part of broader immigration policy changes. The diversity visa lottery, which grants up to 50,000 green cards annually, is often criticized and is likely to face legal challenges.

Topics:nationpolitics#brown-university-shooting#diversity-visa#green-card-lottery#immigration#politics#trump-policy
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  1. Trump suspends green card lottery program that let Brown University, MIT shootings suspect into U.S.  PBS
  2. Trump suspends U.S. green card lottery after Brown University shooting  CNBC
  3. Noem pauses visa program Brown shooting suspect used to enter US  The Providence Journal
  4. Why the US is targeting the diversity visa lottery and what it means for applicants  CNN
  5. Trump pauses green card lottery program after Brown University, MIT shootings  Axios

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