Trump plows ahead with changes to the diversity visa lottery

Published October 9, 2025 5:00am ET



President Donald Trump is moving ahead to implement changes to the Diversity Immigration Visa Program that he has claimed is ripe with fraud and brings in the “worst of the worst” to the United States.

The DV program provides a lottery for about 50,000 global applicants annually to be admitted to the country and receive a green card as a Lawful Permanent Resident.

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