The US Stops Green Card Lottery Due to Shooting at Brown University
The administration of US President Donald Trump has decided to suspend the DV1 lottery program following a recent shooting at Brown University that resulted in the death of two students.
The US Secretary of Homeland Security, Kristi Noem, announced President Donald Trump’s order to halt the DV1 immigration visa program. This decision was made in response to the incident at Brown University on December 13, when a shooter burst into a lecture hall during exam preparations and opened fire, resulting in two deaths and nine injuries.
After a five-day search, police arrested the suspect, Claudio Manuel Neves Valente, who, it turned out, arrived in the US in 2017 through the DV1 program and subsequently received a green card. Secretary Noem called the shooter a “despicable man” who should not have been allowed into the country. She reminded that President Trump had already attempted to close this program in 2017 after a terrorist attack in New York also perpetrated by an immigrant with a DV1 visa.
In recent months, several shooting incidents in the US have involved suspects who are migrants. In October, one man died during a reunion in the US, and in November, soldiers from the National Guard, suspected of ties to migrants, were involved in a shooting near the White House.
The President’s administration claims that suspending the DV1 program aims to enhance national security; however, this has sparked mixed reactions from the public. Experts point out that canceling the program could affect immigration flows and spur new debates on US immigration policy.
| Date | Event | Suspects |
|---|---|---|
| December 13 | Shooting at Brown University | Claudio Manuel Neves Valente |
| October | Shooting at a Reunion | Unknown Suspect |
| November 26 | Shooting Near the White House | Migrant from Afghanistan |
