Trump called on Congress to “immediately” cancel the Green Card Lottery
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US President Donald Trump called on Congress to abolish the green card lottery, according to which, according to preliminary information, in the year 2010, Uzbek Saifullo Saipov, who arranged for terrorist attack in new york. Reports about it CNN.
“I urge Congress to immediately end the visa lottery program. This is a disaster for our country. The people participating in this lottery are not from the best countries. We know that the program is a danger to our national security. We will cancel this program, ”Trump said.
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.
In 2017, Uzbekistan ranked fifth in the number of winning green cards after Russia, Iran, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Ethiopia. The number of Uzbek lottery winners in 2017 was 4494.
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 criminal killed 8 people, 15 suffered.
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