Diversity Visa is going to be scraped?
Rep. Bob Goodlatte says the program could be manipulated by terrorist organizations. So Congressman Bob Goodlatte has filed legislation to scrap DV lottery. If passed House Resolution 1430, also known as the Security and Fairness Enhancement for America Act of 2007, would eliminate the visa lottery act. This DV Lottery allows about 55,000 immigrants to enter the United States each year from countries which send fewer immigrants to USA.
"The current immigration system is so restrictive so far as who can come or who can't," said Roanoke immigration lawyer Jeffrey Van Doren. "This is an opportunity for people who otherwise wouldn't qualify under the restrictive immigration system to have a chance to come and live the American dream."
But Goodlatte sees the program as a national security threat. "The nature of the lottery is such that we have no control over who applies for admission to our nation, " said Goodlatte, R-Roanoke County,. "This flawed policy is just foolish in the age in which we live. Those in the world who wish us harm can easily engage in this statistical gamble with nothing to lose. “As long as a candidate has no criminal background, he or she will be accepted. Even if improvements were made to the visa lottery program, nothing would prevent terrorist organizations or foreign intelligence agencies from planting members in the U.S. by having those members apply for the program,".
Goodlatte's bill has been referred to the House Judiciary Committee for consideration.
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