More than half of Americans oppose the Green Card Lottery

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Only 25% of Americans are in favor of allowing immigrants to receive green cards using the lottery Green Cardwhile 60% opposes. This is stated in a joint survey Reuters / Ipsos, writes Reuters.

Despite the fact that 60% stated that they were “against” the green card lottery, less than half of the people said they would support the proposal to end the program.

70% of respondents “for” granting a green card to foreign spouses, 61% supported granting temporary status of resident status to migrants in the case of working in the United States.

Recently, the administration of US President Donald Trump has tightened control over legal and illegal migrants. In April, Trump called for reform of the H-1В category of visas for skilled workers, after which the presidential administration began to challenge visa applications more often than during the work of the administration of President Barack Obama.

54-year-old Kristal Wilkins said she did not agree with the idea of ​​abolishing the green card. She is a democrat and married to an Senegalese immigrant. Her husband did not participate in the draw of the green card, but his friend won the card.

“Immigration is good for the country. People should be allowed to come to the country under the visa program,” she said.

18-year-old Angel Hall, who called herself a moderate Republican, said she agreed with the decision to ban the green card lottery, but at the same time it supports other forms of legal immigration, including the initiative that provides the green card to people who came to work, “because immigrants come here to work and are part of our economy.”

“It’s a little strange that people randomly win the opportunity to move to America. I think this should be an orderly process, not a random lottery,” Hall said.

The survey was conducted in English online throughout the United States. 1278 adults participated in the survey, the percentage of error is 3 percentage points.

Recall, November 2 US President Donald Trump called on Congress cancel green card lottery, according to which, according to preliminary information, in the 2010 year, Uzbek Saifullo Saipov arrived in the country for permanent residence, who arranged terrorist attack in new york.

The Green Card Lottery Program was founded in 1990. Every year, about 50 thousands of immigrants receive the right to permanent residence in the United States with its help. The conditions for participation in the lottery - the presence of secondary education or its equivalent, as well as at least two years of work experience.

Residents of the former Soviet republics take part in the lottery of green cards from 1995 year. According to the Cato Institute, located in Washington, in 2010, 69% of immigrants from Uzbekistan who entered the United States received visas using this lottery.

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