{"id":61944,"date":"2025-12-19T06:09:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T06:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/noem-says-brown-shooting-suspect-got-u-s-visa-through-diversity-lottery-announces-pause-to-program\/"},"modified":"2025-12-19T06:09:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T06:09:09","slug":"noem-says-brown-shooting-suspect-got-u-s-visa-through-diversity-lottery-announces-pause-to-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/noem-says-brown-shooting-suspect-got-u-s-visa-through-diversity-lottery-announces-pause-to-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Noem says Brown shooting suspect got U.S. visa through diversity lottery, announces pause to program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-0\">\n  <!-- lil observer --><br \/>\n      <span class=\"content__observer-marker content__observer-marker--fixed lazyload\"\/><\/p>\n<section class=\"content__body\">\n<p>Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem announced late Thursday the Trump administration will pause the diversity visa lottery program, which she said was used eight years ago by the now-deceased man <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/live-updates\/brown-university-mit-manhunt-shootings-may-be-linked\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">accused of killing<\/a><\/span> two Brown University students and an MIT professor.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This heinous individual should never have been allowed in our country,&#8221; Noem said on X. &#8220;At President Trump&#8217;s direction, I am immediately directing USCIS to pause the DV1 program to ensure no more Americans are harmed by this disastrous program.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Noem said the suspected shooter, <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/suspect-brown-university-mit-professor-shooting-claudio-manuel-neves-valente\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Claudio Manuel Neves Valente<\/a><\/span>, entered the United States through the program in 2017 and was issued a green card.<\/p>\n<p>Launched in the 1990s, the program offers 50,000 visas per year to people from countries with relatively low rates of immigration to the U.S., with recipients selected at random using a lottery. Every year, <a href=\"https:\/\/travel.state.gov\/content\/travel\/en\/us-visas\/immigrate\/diversity-visa-program-entry\/dv-2026-selected-entrants.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">tens of millions of people<\/a> vie for visas through the program.<\/p>\n<p>In order to qualify for a diversity visa, applicants <a href=\"https:\/\/travel.state.gov\/content\/travel\/en\/us-visas\/immigrate\/diversity-visa-program-entry\/diversity-visa-if-you-are-selected\/diversity-visa-confirm-your-qualifications.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">must have<\/a> at least a high school education or two years of work experience in a field that requires training. They are also required to undergo vetting and an interview before getting a visa.<\/p>\n<p>President Trump is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org\/blog\/diversity-visa-ban-lawsuit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">longstanding critic of the diversity visa lottery program<\/a>, arguing it could pose security risks and isn&#8217;t sufficiently merit-based, like employment-based visas. He <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/sanfrancisco\/news\/trump-diversity-visa-lottery-program\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">pushed to end it<\/a><\/span> early in his first term, after a man who had received a diversity visa <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/sanfrancisco\/news\/multiple-casualties-attack-lower-manhattan\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">killed eight people<\/a><\/span> in a truck-ramming attack in New York City. Supporters of the visas <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cato.org\/commentary\/cheap-assault-immigration-visa-lottery\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">say recipients<\/a> are vetted and argue the program is good for the U.S. economy and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.niskanencenter.org\/preserving-the-diversity-visa-helps-the-u-s-counter-chinese-and-russian-influence-in-africa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">country&#8217;s image abroad<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Neves Valente, 48, was a <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/suspect-brown-university-mit-professor-shooting-claudio-manuel-neves-valente\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Portuguese national<\/a><\/span> whose last known residence was in Miami, officials said in a press conference late Thursday. Little is known about his immigration history \u2014 Brown University&#8217;s president said he was briefly enrolled in the Ivy League school as a graduate student more than 20 years ago, but his immigration status during that period is not clear.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities said Neves Valente <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/live-updates\/brown-university-mit-manhunt-shootings-may-be-linked\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">was found dead by suicide<\/a><\/span> in a storage unit in New Hampshire late Thursday, ending a days-long investigation following a shooting at Brown that killed two students and wounded nine over the weekend. 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