"[T]hey are using them fully as a pretext for ... undoing so many aspects of the immigration system," said Doris Meissner, who formerly led the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) and is now at the non-partisan Migration Policy Institute."
"Driving the news: The alleged shooter at Brown University and MIT entered the U.S. from Portugal through the diversity lottery immigrant visa program, which allows roughly 50,000 people entry a year. DHS Secretary Kristi Noem announced that program is now paused. Trump had called to end this visa program several times in his first term."
"The big picture: Through its travel ban, the Trump administration has halted the legal immigration process for roughly 20% of people in the system, according to a review from the CATO Institute. In November, DHS paused all asylum decisions after an Afghan national, who entered the U.S. legally and was granted asylum, attacked members of the National Guard in D.C. The agency also suspended all immigration decisions for Afghan passport holders and nationals on the travel ban list, which has grown to 39 countries. The pause has stopped citizenship ceremonies, green card interviews and will prevent people from renewing their work or student visas."
DHS paused the diversity visa lottery after the alleged shooter at Brown and MIT entered the U.S. through that program. The pause halted a program that admits roughly 50,000 people annually and was previously targeted by calls to end it. A CATO Institute review found the travel ban stopped legal immigration processes for about 20% of applicants. In November, DHS suspended asylum decisions after an Afghan national attacked National Guard members, and also froze immigration decisions for Afghan passport holders and those on an expanded travel-ban list. The administration terminated Somali TPS over fraud reports, prompting increased enforcement in Minnesota.
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