The State Department is planning to welcome thousands of immigrants from terror-watch list countries into the United States this year through a “diversity visa” lottery a giant legal loophole some lawmakers say is a “serious national security threat” that has gone unchecked for years.
Ostensibly designed to increase ethnic diversity among immigrants, the program invites in thousands of poorly educated laborers with few job skills — and that’s only the beginning of its problems, according to lawmakers and government investigations.
“There are a lot of holes in this program in terms of security and in terms of fraud,” said Rep. Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., who has written legislation aimed at killing the lottery.
Now, in the wake of the botched Christmas Day terror attack that emerged from Nigeria and Yemen, members of Congress are worried the system could be vulnerable to radicals looking to “play” the visa lottery as a means of reaching the U.S.
Here's how it works: to avoid getting stuck with 3.5 million others on a visa waiting list, hundreds of thousands of people put their names into the separate diversity lottery, which rewards countries that typically see low levels of immigration to the U.S. Immediate family are allowed to join lottery winners.
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Perhaps we can fix this lottery so good families can immigrate and we can seal this gap. OMG, planning to fix a lottery. Is that legal? LOL
In fact, if one visits the NumbersUSA website or those of FAIR & other immigration reform websites, one would find numerous & lost standing articles revealing the flaws of the “Visa Lottery” program. Its potential problems have been outlined & discussed for years, yet somehow, someone has kept it afloat.
Its time this ‘lottery’ is ended & actual interviews & investigations of those wishing to emigrate to America or to come here for an education, or to work here, be done much more throughly.
Sooner or later we will be attacked by those who slipped through on one of the immigration loophole plans or another. Its not that we should not have immigration, but we should be doing a much better job at processing potential immigrants.
And its time we stopped the politically correct attack process & listened to citizens who oppose amnesties & allowing our most porous southern border where illegal aliens, illegal drugs, & criminals seem to cross over with almost impunity. Its not racist, its actual national security & securing that border would do wonders for our entire nation on many fronts!
What happened to the procedure for screening immigrants for illness, education and ability to offer something of merit to this country as were the requirements at Ellis Island during the mass immigration? Are we trying to bring in another entire layer in our population that will be more of a burden than builders of this once great nation?