{"id":15043,"date":"2010-01-07T20:27:54","date_gmt":"2010-01-08T03:27:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalterroralert.com\/?p=15043"},"modified":"2010-01-08T23:54:34","modified_gmt":"2010-01-09T06:54:34","slug":"diversity-visa-lottery-poses-national-security-risk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalterroralert.com\/diversity-visa-lottery-poses-national-security-risk\/","title":{"rendered":"Diversity Visa Lottery Poses National Security Risk"},"content":{"rendered":"

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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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

“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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Here&apos;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.<\/p>\n

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