Five terrorists entered the United States on the lottery green cards

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At least five foreign nationals suspected of having links with terror moved to the United States through a diversification lottery program (Diversity Visa), which allowed Saifullo Saipov to get into a country suspected of terrorism, reports Fox News, with reference to the Trump administration.

Sipov, committed a terrorist attack on Halloween in Lower Manhattan, crushing a 8 man and injuring 11, in 2010 moved from Uzbekistan to the United States as part of a program Diversity Visa Lottery.

The lottery on drawing of green cards allows annually to get the right of residence in the USA 50 to thousands of people from different countries of the world, by random choice.

This random selection, according to the State Department, is done by computer for foreign nationals who are applying for permanent residence or a green card.

The Trump administration identified several other terror suspects who were randomly selected as part of the visa lottery to settle permanently in the United States.

According to the Ministry of Justice, October 27, a few days before Saipov’s attack in New York, another Uzbek winner Diversity Visa Lottery Abdurasul Khasanovich Yuraboev was sentenced to 15 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to conspiracy to provide material support to the terrorists of the Islamic State.

Another winner of the visa lottery, Pakistani citizen Syed Haris Ahmed, was convicted in 2009 for terrorism related activities in the United States and abroad.

President of the United States back in the summer of 2017 prepared The immigration reform project, according to which it is proposed to issue a permit for immigration to the United States only to foreigners with the valuable professional skills that the national economy needs. In addition, Trump wanted to limit chain immigration, when you can take your relatives to the United States for family reunification.

Hesem Mohamed Ali Hediyet Photo: FBI

In the summer of 2002, Egyptian citizen Heshem Mohamed Ali Khedeet opened fire on the ticket office. El al airlines at Los Angeles International Airport, killing two ticket agents and injuring three others. Hedeit lived in the US for 10 years at the time, and received "legal permanent resident status" when his wife won the green card lottery in 1997, according to the Trump administration.

Imran Manday Photo: ICE

Also in the summer of 2002, Pakistani citizen Imran Mandhai pleaded guilty to conspiracy to fire at the Armory of the National Army and an electricity supply substation near Miami, Florida. Mandhai came to the United States with his parents, who won the green card lottery.

“A merit-based system would, by definition, be safer than the lottery or even expanded family immigration,” Attorney General Jeff Sessions said in a speech in New York earlier this month.

Even the Republicans of Congress, including those who, as a rule, are not under the control of the president, have rallied around their call for "urgent verification" and the cancellation or reform of the program after the terrorist attack in New York.

Senator Lindsay Graham said that the attack underscored the need for “merit-based immigration”, and said it was “pointless” to hand out visas and green cards in a random fashion.

Other Republican lawmakers also called for political reform, including Senator John McCain, who said the program should be canceled and replaced with a merit-based immigration system. This is a rare moment of cohesion between Trump and the senators.

Recall, on Tuesday, October 31, Saifullo Saipov in a rented truck committed hitting pedestrians in New York, and also ran into a school bus carrying disabled children. Then, with the words “Allah Akbar!”, He jumped out of the cabin with traumatic and paintball guns in his hands. The police wounded him and detained. Because of the actions of the offender, 8 people died, 15 were injured.

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