The Visa Lottery

Applications for U.S. diversity visa lottery remained near record in 2017.

"More than 22.4 million people applied in 2017 to a U.S. visa program that provides 50,000 green cards, or lawful permanent residence, each year through a lottery system, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of U.S. State Department data. The number of applicants nearly matched the record 23 million applicants received in 2016 and came as the Trump administration and some members of Congress have sought to eliminate the program – the only one of its kind globally." [Pew Research]

Why do people want to come here?  In recent years, immigrants have come up from Mexico to flee from violence and poverty. It is an unsustainable situation for our country. Although they are vetted, you never can find out all of the facts. According to The Hill, in the 2017, a diversity visa recipient from Uzbekistan, Sayfullo Saipov, allegedly killed eight people after driving a truck onto a New York City bike path. Saipov told investigators he’d been inspired watching Islamic State videos online.

BUILD THE WALL and eliminate the Visa Lottery.