(CNN) — The Department of Homeland Security announced its intention to pause a visa program intended to admit certain individuals to the United States, though it’s unclear whether it’s been suspended ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Portuguese suspect in the Brown University and MIT shootings came to the United States through a little-known pathway called the diversity immigrant visa. That program makes up ...

The US Diversity Visa (DV) program, often referred to as the “green card lottery”, has returned to attention after the shooting incidents linked to Portuguese national Claudio Neves Valente, who ...

On Thursday, December 18, 2025, President Trump announced the suspension of the Diversity Immigrant Visa Program (DV Program) (aka Green Card Lottery Program). The DV Program was designed to award ...

(CNN) — The State Department is indefinitely pausing a visa program intended to admit certain individuals to the United States, known as the diversity visa program. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has ...