Will Congress end the Green Card Lottery?

The only way that Congress does away with the Diversity Visa Lottery will be as part of a larger, bipartisan immigration reform package. And that's not something I think at all likely at the moment. read more

Trump will ask Congress to end green card lottery program 4:14 PM ET Wed, 1 Nov 2017 | 01:25 Calling terror suspect Sayfullo Saipov "an animal," President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he will ask Congress to end the immigration lottery program, which he blamed for allowing Saipov to enter the United States. read more

The push to end the DV program is nothing new. In 2005, the House voted 273–148 to cancel the diversity visa program. (The Senate never voted on that bill and the effort died.) read more

Lottery winners must have a high school education or a work history to qualify to come to the United States. They also must be able to pay for travel to the United States and visa fees. In 2015, the U.S. gave 48,097 diversity visas. read more