In Diversity Immigrant Visa's article, we will thoroughly explore all facets of this topic. From its origin to its evolution over time, through its impact on society and its relevance today. We will analyze different perspectives and opinions from experts in the field, as well as relevant data that will help to better understand the importance and influence of Diversity Immigrant Visa in different areas. This article seeks to provide a complete and detailed view of Diversity Immigrant Visa, with the aim of enriching knowledge and promoting critical reflection on this topic.
Immigration lottery for entry into the United States
New immigrants to the United States (2018–2022), in family and employment categories, by country of birth
>100,000
50,000–100,000
20,000–50,000
10,000–20,000
5,000–10,000
<5,000
United States and its territories
New immigrants to the United States (2018–2022), in diversity category, by country of birth
The Diversity Immigrant Visa program, also known as the green card lottery, is a United States government lottery program for receiving a United States Permanent Resident Card. The Immigration Act of 1990 established the current and permanent Diversity Visa (DV) program.
The lottery is administered by the Department of State and conducted under the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). It makes available 55,000 immigrant visas annually and aims to diversify the immigrant population in the United States, by selecting applicants from countries with low numbers of immigrants in the previous five years. More than 11 million people apply for the lottery each year, which means that fewer than 1 in 200 applicants are accepted.
Many deceptive agencies charge fees from applicants or falsely claim to increase their winning chances, but in fact the only way to apply for the lottery is to complete the entry form on the Department of State website, free of charge. Applicants are chosen randomly, and only those selected in the lottery must pay a fee to continue the process.
Attempts have been made to end the program since 2005.
History
Legislative and administrative history
Starting in 1986, the United States established several temporary immigrant visa programs outside of the usual immigration preferences (family members or by employment). The first program was NP-5, run from 1987 to 1989, where a limited number of visas was issued on a first-come, first-served basis. The second program was OP-1, run through a lottery from 1989 to 1991 and available for natives of countries with low levels of recent immigration to the United States. The third program, AA-1, from 1992 to 1994, was available for natives from a select group of countries that had been "adversely affected" by earlier immigration laws. Intentionally and in practice, people from Ireland and Northern Ireland benefited disproportionately from these programs. They were also known as the Donnelly, Berman and Morrison visas, respectively, after the sponsoring congressmen. The Government of Ireland has actively supported the various lottery bills and similar legislation since their inception.
The Donnelly visa benefited "several thousand Irish" (almost 4,000) and the Berman visa had some 500 Irish beneficiaries. Under the three-year Morrison program (1992–94), by far the largest in size, those born in Ireland or Northern Ireland received a set-aside of 40% of all diversity visas, for a total of 48,000 set aside visas out of 120,000. Natives or citizens of Poland, via the sheer volume of applicants, received the second largest number of visas. The United Kingdom came in a distant third with some 6,000 visas in the Morrison program.
The Immigration Act of 1990 was passed with bipartisan support and signed by President George H. W. Bush. The legislation established the current and permanent Diversity Visa (DV) program, where 55,000 immigrant visas are available in an annual lottery. The lottery aims to diversify the immigrant population in the United States, by selecting applicants mostly from countries with low numbers of immigrants to the United States in the previous five years. From fiscal years 1999 to 2020, 5,000 of the visas from the DV program were reserved for use by the NACARA program, so the number of immigrant visas available in the lottery was reduced to 50,000.
The first DV lottery, for fiscal year 1995, was named DV-1. For fiscal years 1996 to 1999, the name was in the format DV-YY, where YY was the last two digits of the year. Since fiscal year 2000 the lotteries have been named in the format DV-YYYY, with the full year number. The year in the name refers to the fiscal year when the immigrant visas will be given, which starts in October of the previous calendar year, and the entry period for the lottery occurs almost a year earlier. Therefore, there is a two-year difference between the lottery name and its entry period. For example, for DV-2017 (fiscal year starting in October 2016), the entry period was in 2015.
Initially, the DV lottery was administered entirely by mail, and only winners were notified. The entry form moved to an online system starting in DV-2005, but still only winners were notified, by mail. Starting in DV-2010, all applicants are able to verify online whether they were selected. Notification of winners also by mail continued until DV-2011, but since DV-2012 it is done exclusively online.
In 2011, a computer error caused a non-random selection of lottery applicants, leading the Department of State to cancel the initial result. About 22,000 applicants had already been notified and were disappointed to find that their selection was canceled. The Department of State later ran a new selection after correcting the error.
Criticism and repeal efforts
Criticism of the program has focused on instances of fraud, racism and the random nature of the lottery, as well as criminal or terrorist actions perpetrated by certain lottery winners.
In 2002, Hesham Mohamed Hadayet, an Egyptian immigrant who maintained residency in United States through his wife's diversity visa,killed two people and injured four others at Los Angeles International Airport before being shot to death by an El Al security guard. This led to criticism of the lottery as a security threat.
Several attempts have been made to eliminate the lottery. In December 2005, the United States House of Representatives voted 273–148 to add an amendment to the border enforcement bill H.R. 4437 abolishing the DV. Opponents of the lottery said it was susceptible to fraud and was a way for terrorists to enter the country. The Senate never passed the bill. In March 2007, Congressman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) introduced H.R. 1430, which would eliminate the Diversity Visa program. In June 2007, the U.S. House passed H.R. 2764 to eliminate funding for the program, and the Senate did likewise in September.
However, the final version of this bill with amendments, signed into law on December 26, 2007, did not include the removal of funds for the program. Although H.R. 2764 was an appropriation bill and could only cut funds for the lottery during one fiscal year, this was the first time that both the House and the Senate passed a bill to halt the Diversity Visa program.
Rep. Goodlatte reintroduced his Security and Fairness Enhancement for America Act (formerly H.R. 1430, now H.R. 2305) on May 7, 2009. The bill would have amended the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the diversity immigrant program completely, but did not pass. Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee (D-TX) introduced the Save America Comprehensive Immigration Act of 2009 (H.R. 264) on January 7, 2009. The bill would have doubled the number of diversity visas available to 110,000 yearly. This bill did not pass. A comprehensive analysis of DV lottery issues was prepared in 2011 by Congressional Research Service.
In 2017, Sayfullo Habibullaevich Saipov, who had immigrated from Uzbekistan on a diversity visa in 2010, killed eight and injured eleven when he drove his truck down a bike path in Lower Manhattan. In response, President Donald Trump, who had earlier called for a return to a "merit-based" immigration system, called for an end to the program. Following Trump's call to end the program, White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders, indicated that diversity visa lottery recipients lack thorough vetting, something Politifact rated as false, noting that all recipients of the visa undergo background checks, security screenings, and interviews by consular officers before arrival in the U.S.
Process
Requirements
To enter the lottery, applicants must have been born in an eligible country, with two exceptions: the applicant may claim the spouse's country of birth instead if desired, or a parent's country of birth if neither parent was born in the applicant's country of birth and did not legally reside there when the applicant was born. The applicant's country of residence or nationality is irrelevant to the lottery.
If selected in the lottery, to qualify for the immigrant visa, applicants must have completed at least a high school education or at least two years of work experience in an occupation which requires at least two other years of training or experience. They must also satisfy general requirements applicable to all immigrants, mainly related to health, criminal background and means of support.
Each year, the Department of State publishes new instructions for applicants.
Geographical distribution
Regions and eligible countries for the Diversity Visa lottery
Dependent territories are treated as part of their respective sovereign countries, and disputed territories are allocated as recognized by the United States. For example, Bermuda is treated as part of the United Kingdom under Europe, the Gaza Strip is considered part of Egypt under Africa, and the West Bank is considered part of Jordan under Asia. However, there are some exceptions: Northern Ireland and Taiwan are treated as separate countries, and Macau is considered part of Portugal under Europe (even after its sovereignty returned to China in 1999).
Each region that sent more than one sixth of the total number of immigrants to the United States in the previous five years is considered a "high-admission region" (currently Latin America and Asia), and each region that sent less than one sixth is a "low-admission region" (currently North America, Europe, Africa and Oceania). The proportion of diversity visas given to the low-admission group is set as the proportion of recent immigrants from the high-admission group (currently about 80%), and vice versa. Among regions of the same group, the diversity visas are allocated proportionally to their population, excluding ineligible countries (those that sent more than 50,000 immigrants in the previous five years).
Within each region, the visas are not allocated among individual countries. All applicants from the same region are selected randomly as a whole, for the number of visas allocated for that region, but with the limitation that no single country may receive more than 7% of the total diversity visas (3,850).
Although only 55,000 diversity visas are available each year, the lottery selects about 100,000 applicants. The reason for the larger selection is to ensure that all 55,000 diversity visas are eventually given each year, as some applicants are expected to fail general immigration requirements or may decide to withdraw and not to continue the process. As a result, some lottery winners who have received notifications might not obtain visas.
It is also possible that some visas remain available after all initially selected applicants are reviewed. In this case, additional applicants are selected later. For this reason, applicants who were not initially selected in the lottery should keep checking their status online periodically, until the end of the respective fiscal year.
The term 50,000 "immigrants" refers only to people who immigrated via family and employment categories, and does not include other categories such as refugees, asylum seekers, or previous diversity immigrants. For this reason, Cuba, Guatemala, Afghanistan and Ukraine were not on the ineligible list as of 2023, despite sending over 50,000 immigrants in the previous five years.
Changes
The first program was in fiscal year 1995, and the following 12 countries were ineligible from the start: Canada, China (mainland), Dominican Republic, El Salvador, India, Jamaica, Mexico, Philippines, South Korea, Taiwan, United Kingdom and its dependent territories (except Northern Ireland and Hong Kong), and Vietnam. Since then, Bangladesh, Brazil, Colombia, Haiti, Honduras, Nigeria, Pakistan and Venezuela have been added to the ineligible list and are currently on it, Taiwan and the United Kingdom have been removed from it, and Ecuador, Guatemala, Peru, Poland and Russia have been on and off the ineligible list, reflecting shifting levels of immigration from these countries.
Macau was ineligible as part of China only for DV-2002, whose entry period (October 2000) was after the transfer of sovereignty of Macau from Portugal to China (December 1999) but before enactment of the Macau Policy Act (December 2000), which specified that U.S. law would treat Macau as it did before the transfer. Hong Kong was considered as a separate country for the lottery and eligible from the start, but became ineligible as part of China from DV-2022.
Historical eligibility for the Diversity Immigrant Visa lottery, by fiscal year
Applicants (including dependents) to the Diversity Visa lottery (for most recent eligible year with available data), as a percentage of each country's population[needs update]
>2.0%
1.0–2.0%
0.5–1.0%
0.2–0.5%
0.1–0.2%
<0.1%
United States and its territories
Not eligible for any year with available data
Diversity visas issued and adjustments of status
Region, country or territory
Total
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997
1996
1995
Africa
527,226
19,215
5,801
6,017
20,336
20,532
19,211
20,706
19,686
22,703
23,607
13,582
24,015
24,745
24,648
22,960
18,046
19,548
19,118
17,146
19,227
16,404
18,081
16,998
18,413
16,727
18,928
20,512
20,314
Asia
200,607
11,693
4,498
4,055
6,079
6,290
7,650
8,898
7,570
8,500
9,785
6,481
9,167
8,824
7,759
7,335
7,151
7,402
6,462
6,310
6,557
6,346
6,801
5,263
6,485
7,461
6,757
6,164
6,864
Europe
514,588
21,806
5,795
7,643
17,897
20,434
20,516
15,207
19,811
18,904
17,296
13,093
16,378
16,083
14,241
14,788
12,633
15,626
19,330
21,721
22,323
18,056
17,837
22,385
25,685
24,228
26,078
24,505
24,289
Latin America
49,040
1,961
2,166
854
977
1,631
1,830
1,370
1,459
1,472
1,029
742
978
1,008
782
835
1,699
2,729
2,462
2,163
2,024
1,929
1,914
2,265
2,731
2,438
2,543
2,264
2,785
North America
233
12
21
13
8
2
3
5
7
2
16
3
2
13
1
5
6
9
10
12
6
8
16
17
4
7
9
10
6
Oceania
20,061
1,195
631
543
592
824
766
532
844
761
838
562
578
639
605
710
541
831
769
692
675
625
801
787
797
704
712
707
800
Total
1,311,755
55,882
18,912
19,125
45,889
49,713
49,976
46,718
49,377
52,342
52,571
34,463
51,118
51,312
48,036
46,633
40,076
46,145
48,151
48,044
50,812
43,368
45,450
47,715
54,115
51,565
55,027
54,162
55,058
Afghanistan
2,809
723
87
165
265
231
144
192
28
95
59
43
25
66
46
32
16
25
9
25
8
30
96
21
64
57
56
69
132
Albania
57,055
2,054
270
1,296
2,284
2,630
2,436
1,506
1,910
1,571
994
528
965
1,645
2,033
2,057
1,229
1,564
2,279
2,207
2,035
2,086
3,483
3,428
3,850
3,706
3,850
2,487
672
Algeria
22,092
2,380
814
783
1,649
1,346
996
1,277
1,093
971
1,058
343
846
797
798
823
338
476
420
300
343
572
441
501
673
553
321
669
511
Andorra
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Angola
592
293
17
9
60
20
12
37
8
10
13
7
15
6
14
4
4
6
2
2
5
2
3
1
1
1
11
10
19
Antigua and Barbuda
48
0
2
0
1
0
1
0
4
6
6
0
1
6
1
0
1
1
1
4
0
0
0
2
1
0
1
7
2
Argentina
1,998
106
92
11
49
32
36
30
52
73
32
37
57
91
62
60
45
58
69
102
143
96
59
139
147
85
94
92
49
Armenia
23,402
1,308
133
373
1,313
1,662
1,566
1,000
1,556
1,272
903
644
1,013
1,001
950
837
567
484
581
531
449
329
363
378
530
472
1,090
1,331
766
Aruba
21
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
4
6
2
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
2
Australia
7,604
500
221
263
340
507
398
331
486
406
433
292
275
285
187
238
174
318
331
172
215
99
157
211
218
121
132
103
191
Austria
1,260
18
15
9
4
14
34
10
48
24
42
34
69
56
54
30
30
29
38
35
43
36
46
61
75
84
97
86
139
Azerbaijan
6,926
720
188
189
822
508
434
204
289
190
190
149
222
207
217
163
77
111
157
199
164
153
141
175
181
207
181
256
232
Bahamas
233
12
21
13
8
2
3
5
7
2
16
3
2
13
1
5
6
9
10
12
6
8
16
17
4
7
9
10
6
Bahrain
73
4
2
2
3
0
1
2
2
2
4
10
2
1
4
0
1
0
1
5
6
1
4
4
5
0
2
0
5
Bangladesh
42,462
ineligible
ineligible
ineligible
ineligible
ineligible
ineligible
ineligible
ineligible
ineligible
ineligible
295
3,090
3,017
2,663
2,286
3,518
3,421
2,542
1,837
755
1,101
1,556
1,559
1,882
3,347
3,362
2,943
3,288
Barbados
111
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
6
8
0
4
6
14
3
2
4
3
3
1
2
1
5
6
7
9
5
10
10
Belarus
16,542
863
503
361
929
828
801
568
868
844
848
285
684
734
780
769
517
499
531
556
623
465
512
505
415
405
286
304
259
Belgium
1,045
18
11
6
16
27
42
13
34
24
39
47
26
54
39
32
20
15
25
21
26
21
25
50
76
47
68
101
122
Belize
80
0
0
0
0
2
3
0
0
1
12
1
8
3
5
7
3
0
0
0
1
0
3
15
4
2
8
0
2
Benin
3,667
266
58
92
364
237
237
282
193
182
230
82
220
223
198
183
121
139
84
43
59
22
26
25
21
30
29
14
7
Bhutan
191
80
18
5
20
7
7
9
1
7
8
4
4
0
5
7
0
2
1
2
3
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
Bolivia
992
29
19
4
7
12
10
24
23
26
33
28
30
76
53
79
36
94
50
30
49
41
14
21
30
22
50
61
41
Bosnia and Herzegovina
1,263
61
15
14
23
47
84
48
77
39
30
44
33
37
62
31
40
42
41
34
30
13
34
47
37
35
70
83
112
Botswana
75
4
0
0
2
0
3
1
4
2
1
0
5
9
0
10
1
1
3
2
2
6
4
5
0
1
5
0
4
Brazil
2,623
ineligible
ineligible
ineligible
ineligible
ineligible
ineligible
ineligible
ineligible
ineligible
ineligible
ineligible
ineligible
ineligible
ineligible
ineligible
232
160
231
107
206
99
211
300
232
219
213
219
194
Brunei
13
1
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
1
2
2
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
Bulgaria
38,087
142
82
109
230
343
540
614
834
1,026
965
456
653
571
753
1,093
1,328
1,711
2,583
2,470
2,796
1,925
2,416
2,818
3,733
3,545
2,224
772
1,355
Burkina Faso
1,694
45
7
24
95
110
138
132
122
120
223
103
117
109
92
117
31
53
19
10
7
0
4
6
2
3
4
1
0
Burundi
897
140
43
50
141
97
75
64
47
37
28
11
28
42
22
9
2
16
5
13
2
0
1
1
5
3
1
7
7
Cambodia
3,102
166
51
69
86
121
198
266
152
334
399
188
168
132
120
92
89
52
35
56
47
49
75
50
34
10
5
26
32
Cameroon
26,792
1,705
653
460
1,661
1,626
1,214
1,625
1,455
1,289
1,619
847
1,706
1,581
1,530
1,190
748
804
626
495
526
460
353
348
682
387
546
344
312
Cape Verde
336
0
0
3
3
1
2
0
12
2
7
0
10
0
8
0
2
0
0
0
0
2
2
0
0
35
69
112
66
Central African Republic
83
8
0
0
7
4
2
8
3
1
3
0
2
11
3
0
0
1
2
1
2
3
2
0
4
0
5
11
0
Chad
400
136
25
12
22
18
10
18
15
9
10
3
16
6
10
7
7
3
9
6
3
5
17
3
8
2
8
7
5
Chile
507
12
20
7
14
24
13
1
10
24
12
6
16
11
31
14
28
26
13
9
3
10
6
25
38
32
36
42
24
Colombia
320
ineligible
ineligible
ineligible
ineligible
ineligible
ineligible
ineligible
ineligible
ineligible
ineligible
ineligible
ineligible
ineligible
ineligible
ineligible
ineligible
ineligible
ineligible
ineligible
ineligible
ineligible
ineligible
ineligible
ineligible
ineligible
2
ineligible
318
Comoros
26
0
0
0
5
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
2
5
2
1
2
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
Congo
1,007
136
50
37
166
100
42
50
49
55
47
12
45
34
20
43
27
25
18
3
6
5
8
5
10
5
3
0
6
Cook Islands
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Costa Rica
351
3
15
6
8
10
13
10
6
25
20
2
12
17
2
3
6
12
18
7
8
1
9
42
29
19
16
6
26
Croatia
1,356
14
17
13
12
23
27
22
30
41
20
34
20
29
36
18
29
22
27
43
52
19
36
68
111
92
119
169
213
Cuba
11,118
612
517
361
103
187
384
536
474
302
193
70
231
140
190
256
109
364
294
402
314
503
456
579
1,123
880
1,014
358
166
Curaçao
9
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
4
2
1
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Cyprus
280
5
0
1
3
5
8
8
8
7
3
2
2
8
14
5
5
9
7
3
15
5
8
29
22
14
24
28
32
Czech Republic
1,534
7
11
10
28
41
20
28
38
41
30
23
34
42
37
81
26
42
75
85
125
53
58
91
79
82
115
108
124
Democratic Republic of the Congo
27,732
903
592
478
3,096
2,874
2,669
2,778
2,641
2,442
2,235
1,221
1,522
924
601
511
317
354
296
67
288
169
154
141
112
88
76
86
97
Denmark
693
6
2
1
8
11
21
14
17
21
20
17
17
34
12
23
14
16
17
17
20
8
27
31
50
48
53
60
108
Djibouti
440
77
35
13
29
43
32
33
18
13
18
8
18
9
11
15
5
5
2
3
8
2
4
5
3
8
6
10
7
Dominica
203
1
1
0
4
0
3
4
2
6
11
9
10
15
21
3
4
2
6
5
8
1
15
18
16
13
8
11
6
East Timor
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Ecuador
3,396
163
102
62
82
287
ineligible
ineligible
ineligible
ineligible
ineligible
ineligible
ineligible
ineligible
ineligible
113
75
138
131
391
181
176
348
137
131
140
224
234
281
Egypt
71,097
2,147
447
1,297
3,312
3,466
3,580
2,855
3,456
3,500
3,383
2,013
3,268
3,253
3,651
3,310
3,527
3,538
3,511
1,726
982
1,106
1,284
1,525
1,952
1,910
1,930
2,087
3,081
Equatorial Guinea
22
0
1
5
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
1
0
1
0
0
1
0
1
2
3
2
0
0
0
Eritrea
5,938
57
15
11
116
139
81
149
186
173
245
144
381
368
392
302
194
162
168
94
142
96
311
113
130
354
652
279
484
Estonia
660
10
2
2
9
24
13
10
21
17
23
12
21
13
16
19
16
14
19
26
33
21
22
49
65
26
46
51
60
Eswatini
24
0
0
0
0
1
0
5
0
0
0
1
3
0
2
0
1
2
3
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
0
1
Ethiopia
73,511
621
67
339
1,696
2,106
2,560
2,143
2,469
2,543
2,393
1,419
3,536
3,774
3,690
3,549
3,248
3,502
3,492
3,659
3,784
3,222
3,464
1,482
2,728
2,163
3,051
3,272
3,539
Faroe Islands
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Fiji
8,960
537
292
216
139
184
214
130
185
218
254
174
174
232
291
313
273
336
281
410
317
459
488
412
461
478
460
538
494
Finland
1,056
15
5
4
18
21
29
22
29
16
25
35
40
34
22
9
13
31
26
29
15
15
14
25
61
80
77
189
157
France
6,808
119
70
57
208
257
258
211
346
326
228
186
275
272
241
308
197
188
184
159
215
147
160
292
429
333
291
343
508
French Guiana
1
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
French Polynesia
15
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
4
0
0
1
0
0
3
0
2
French Southern and Antarctic Lands
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Gabon
231
20
8
3
16
7
13
9
12
18
6
10
7
7
5
18
9
8
5
2
20
5
0
3
2
3
2
10
3
Gambia
544
40
3
6
16
20
15
6
13
7
11
11
14
15
26
7
12
24
22
3
4
4
18
13
12
41
38
77
66
Georgia
9,676
1,290
265
399
662
676
548
368
507
345
411
293
461
441
360
284
221
225
179
314
193
122
136
104
190
137
133
264
148
Germany
18,296
309
88
92
203
311
284
293
535
497
584
595
860
964
910
817
536
540
572
510
472
454
757
1,191
1,617
1,195
1,074
1,038
998
Ghana
41,149
355
229
111
640
777
803
432
526
1,460
1,895
1,689
2,460
2,660
1,912
1,868
978
1,209
1,134
805
1,610
1,809
1,125
1,972
1,798
2,057
2,720
3,850
2,265
Greece
1,766
51
8
19
59
71
96
54
98
79
54
30
42
43
76
84
55
54
62
58
41
39
38
66
73
42
76
127
171
Grenada
106
0
0
0
1
0
6
1
2
6
1
7
2
4
1
1
2
1
2
0
0
3
0
8
2
6
6
13
31
Guadeloupe
14
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
5
0
1
0
2
2
0
0
0
2
Guatemala
754
ineligible
ineligible
11
19
35
13
9
20
44
ineligible
ineligible
ineligible
ineligible
ineligible
30
13
9
4
5
5
11
17
33
46
82
103
75
170
Guinea
3,520
377
41
38
300
155
205
293
262
264
257
113
185
268
86
109
35
49
20
23
18
25
38
24
53
87
55
64
76
Guinea-Bissau
36
10
0
1
3
0
1
0
2
0
7
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
4
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
Guyana
668
1
1
0
6
8
2
4
14
6
16
7
30
32
19
7
7
29
12
15
21
17
9
29
52
47
47
63
167
Haiti
455
ineligible
ineligible
ineligible
ineligible
ineligible
ineligible
ineligible
ineligible
ineligible
ineligible
ineligible
ineligible
ineligible
ineligible
ineligible
ineligible
ineligible
ineligible
ineligible
ineligible
ineligible
ineligible
ineligible
87
69
46
72
181
Honduras
709
ineligible
46
20
15
49
30
26
31
38
24
23
26
26
10
14
5
11
6
10
9
3
21
23
17
53
34
71
68
Hong Kong
2,643
ineligible
153
58
46
56
18
55
34
46
40
10
27
23
32
48
37
49
50
88
113
109
79
101
203
215
375
250
328
Hungary
2,934
65
50
33
38
84
83
79
121
103
112
80
125
65
138
82
67
87
118
71
122
57
93
100
144
168
172
251
226
Iceland
336
5
4
0
0
1
9
1
11
10
15
15
13
30
9
4
7
6
1
7
9
8
7
20
10
22
29
51
32
Indonesia
3,822
106
85
58
63
64
41
45
44
68
66
100
89
122
122
156
148
152
111
213
399
329
223
447
161
152
98
89
71
Iran
30,808
2,024
244
131
298
318
2,106
2,788
2,661
2,386
3,802
2,428
2,023
1,854
1,117
841
839
543
450
363
365
785
525
313
334
383
326
280
281
Iraq
2,551
650
30
86
264
297
150
146
23
49
66
36
57
37
50
88
48
32
19
37
16
57
61
34
57
41
45
34
41
Ireland
3,574
15
10
3
21
37
31
36
50
44
52
76
87
61
51
51
50
55
76
113
157
65
86
204
318
367
459
518
481
Israel
1,363
52
40
26
64
49
34
35
20
58
74
45
41
30
43
47
38
50
40
109
66
87
58
28
68
45
24
56
36
Italy
4,877
161
120
66
141
162
244
194
289
282
157
207
186
167
161
128
86
91
90
74
126
50
56
128
280
274
262
282
413
Ivory Coast
5,780
383
144
76
424
386
442
510
377
376
325
156
297
230
215
194
138
103
89
62
117
42
70
72
58
133
119
140
102
Japan
7,418
331
237
135
223
164
117
194
143
269
287
216
177
199
207
282
231
246
264
450
633
447
259
293
431
322
297
230
134
Jordan
3,779
713
542
266
330
254
96
176
72
181
122
62
87
72
95
25
37
52
29
27
51
79
43
47
104
72
28
46
71
Kazakhstan
8,146
865
325
392
576
514
460
243
460
325
316
237
236
201
200
172
108
135
159
251
242
268
263
255
259
256
129
217
82
Kenya
35,646
1,157
278
393
1,207
1,220
1,014
1,116
903
1,216
1,281
752
1,918
2,420
2,365
2,187
1,333
1,807
1,786
1,993
2,272
1,487
1,014
897
884
835
505
544
862
Kiribati
15
0
0
0
0
1
0
3
3
0
0
2
0
0
2
2
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Kosovo
2,130
295
114
113
232
230
318
164
146
95
126
71
83
91
50
2
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Kuwait
909
106
52
37
51
81
45
59
29
58
66
31
25
29
10
22
14
5
13
14
16
19
22
20
24
12
14
19
16
Kyrgyzstan
5,363
1,394
358
149
383
383
223
135
286
235
189
182
147
130
122
132
81
80
94
116
138
61
67
60
81
46
24
33
34
Laos
69
11
0
7
0
1
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
3
1
0
6
0
3
7
6
2
4
1
0
9
1
4
1
Latvia
1,675
26
23
19
23
34
22
31
30
57
57
22
70
36
41
19
35
53
58
88
98
98
96
120
112
110
97
82
118
Lebanon
1,708
209
107
26
77
44
41
72
52
58
87
94
56
46
83
77
54
54
44
27
34
49
56
34
43
53
37
38
56
Lesotho
15
0
0
0
0
4
0
0
0
3
0
4
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
1
0
0
Liberia
19,819
531
46
89
653
1,249
997
1,553
1,744
1,754
1,231
786
1,003
848
831
580
507
388
309
488
439
461
314
539
503
663
570
423
320
Libya
1,423
192
59
24
72
47
115
127
72
51
82
60
44
70
56
23
11
19
16
2
55
13
16
28
19
43
11
40
56
Liechtenstein
6
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
4
0
Lithuania
12,573
73
43
35
109
106
96
91
167
156
141
129
167
133
106
128
192
353
638
1,385
2,039
1,139
958
901
823
1,020
484
525
436
Luxembourg
36
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
3
3
2
0
0
3
0
0
1
0
1
1
1
0
4
0
4
9
2
Macau
583
4
0
0
1
1
1
8
17
3
4
6
2
8
3
11
1
5
6
1
2
ineligible
2
7
54
53
85
157
141
Madagascar
320
14
7
3
16
9
2
29
9
17
23
3
17
15
27
13
5
10
4
10
10
0
8
4
15
4
19
14
13
Malawi
378
12
2
0
7
5
10
0
11
15
16
1
13
17
13
20
4
13
12
15
15
16
10
17
34
14
46
23
17
Malaysia
1,127
34
18
21
30
38
30
48
14
38
20
27
48
41
30
39
31
22
48
57
98
68
43
40
45
58
36
60
45
Maldives
4
0
0
0
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Mali
732
46
6
5
25
34
15
39
23
21
29
20
23
38
43
34
22
20
8
6
11
6
11
20
19
44
53
51
60
Malta
63
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
0
5
0
0
0
2
0
4
6
0
2
9
6
3
3
1
15
Marshall Islands
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Martinique
15
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
0
0
1
4
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
1
0
2
1
0
Mauritania
258
86
6
7
17
13
13
6
6
0
7
3
12
2
8
3
1
7
3
6
2
8
10
11
7
5
3
2
4
Mauritius
335
6
1
2
5
3
2
11
16
6
4
7
24
20
21
22
3
2
4
15
11
8
10
16
20
22
15
27
32
Micronesia
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Moldova
12,930
481
168
226
626
574
1,369
1,189
1,566
1,211
906
684
582
399
273
279
163
152
193
325
244
173
151
198
185
166
102
192
153
Monaco
11
0
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
4
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
Mongolia
2,412
196
197
114
143
160
97
157
55
79
116
91
209
108
129
199
70
112
42
19
34
40
16
4
9
13
0
0
3
Montenegro
192
33
5
10
20
14
13
7
6
11
11
5
4
11
4
8
29
1
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Morocco
40,955
2,559
1,126
719
1,132
1,011
1,080
1,115
912
864
894
376
987
1,782
2,004
2,129
1,672
1,831
2,243
1,753
2,045
1,205
3,365
2,180
2,294
1,255
1,270
383
769
Mozambique
60
1
0
4
1
0
3
0
1
5
0
2
0
3
1
0
1
0
0
2
3
2
6
3
0
0
4
7
11
Myanmar
6,441
422
96
82
210
125
148
140
88
200
267
197
253
282
371
113
95
463
292
192
237
462
384
329
276
232
204
140
141
Namibia
81
6
0
4
0
4
5
3
7
0
7
2
4
0
10
0
0
3
5
2
3
0
1
3
3
3
0
2
4
Nauru
8
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
6
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Nepal
48,915
3,345
1,372
2,085
2,795
3,307
3,477
3,247
3,370
3,504
3,377
1,953
2,017
1,936
1,615
2,073
1,191
1,457
1,789
1,775
1,754
521
283
87
159
168
102
82
74
Netherlands
1,783
14
13
17
27
19
31
40
46
71
35
61
52
80
103
68
45
52
51
40
52
25
27
61
102
100
124
186
241
Netherlands Antilles
77
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
0
1
12
3
2
6
11
1
3
5
0
6
7
1
6
6
7
New Caledonia
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
New Zealand
2,773
119
104
53
92
115
127
66
149
132
131
87
109
80
84
117
70
118
131
79
118
62
132
113
93
82
80
51
79
Nicaragua
676
14
53
7
5
4
3
5
4
2
28
7
22
20
26
14
8
7
9
10
15
0
9
8
22
48
75
135
116
Niger
422
33
7
8
22
21
6
15
15
18
18
3
20
20
21
42
20
26
13
11
18
15
12
8
10
2
6
10
2
Nigeria
61,961
ineligible
ineligible
ineligible
ineligible
ineligible
ineligible
ineligible
ineligible
2,467
3,274
1,887
2,810
2,834
3,275
3,425
3,183
3,271
2,528
3,335
3,386
2,694
2,854
3,262
3,008
3,008
3,750
3,858
3,852
Norfolk Island
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
5
0
0
0
0
0
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
North Korea
34
0
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
5
0
0
3
2
0
0
3
0
1
2
3
12
North Macedonia
4,770
224
61
61
194
284
235
206
263
183
148
68
177
150
205
219
163
151
183
106
123
111
133
169
210
209
172
256
106
Northern Ireland
621
2
0
0
3
2
4
6
15
18
14
15
17
10
13
3
16
20
31
24
26
5
18
27
52
54
47
79
100
Norway
494
8
0
3
2
12
9
3
4
0
16
9
12
12
11
10
17
19
9
8
14
5
8
23
32
35
23
90
100
Oman
78
17
3
2
8
5
6
4
1
2
1
2
0
2
1
5
1
1
3
0
2
0
3
4
0
0
1
3
1
Pakistan
12,448
ineligible
ineligible
ineligible
ineligible
ineligible
ineligible
ineligible
ineligible
ineligible
ineligible
ineligible
ineligible
ineligible
ineligible
ineligible
ineligible
ineligible
ineligible
ineligible
ineligible
ineligible
2,484
1,469
2,109
1,772
1,365
1,426
1,823
Palau
8
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
Panama
217
4
4
6
0
4
0
1
5
7
5
7
5
17
9
5
6
10
4
13
3
5
6
27
17
9
10
15
13
Papua New Guinea
85
10
2
2
4
0
1
0
1
2
9
0
1
8
12
2
5
0
3
0
7
3
1
6
3
2
0
0
1
Paraguay
145
0
0
6
5
1
2
2
2
1
4
6
4
17
3
5
7
2
7
8
2
0
7
2
19
12
3
11
7
Peru
10,085
119
653
ineligible
ineligible
ineligible
ineligible
ineligible
ineligible
ineligible
ineligible
ineligible
ineligible
ineligible
ineligible
ineligible
922
1,566
1,406
863
810
813
571
401
411
355
293
434
468
Poland
28,539
192
92
37
215
277
287
327
412
500
829
ineligible
ineligible
ineligible
ineligible
ineligible
ineligible
2,090
2,957
3,256
2,899
2,631
ineligible
ineligible
ineligible
ineligible
3,838
3,849
3,851
Portugal
1,435
13
7
4
5
25
15
11
29
27
20
16
17
9
16
12
8
6
15
22
28
9
16
24
36
74
168
227
576
Qatar
224
60
11
5
24
26
9
16
15
15
14
3
0
0
0
1
0
6
0
3
0
3
3
2
4
2
1
1
0
Réunion
3
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Romania
30,779
188
106
94
242
199
321
342
539
498
423
589
482
366
343
876
893
1,258
1,515
1,147
1,425
953
1,899
2,460
3,268
3,026
2,667
1,933
2,727
Russia
40,510
2,784
414
947
2,506
2,175
1,812
1,401
2,028
1,928
1,680
1,096
1,552
1,095
ineligible
ineligible
ineligible
ineligible
ineligible
1,333
1,521
1,275
1,494
2,564
2,209
2,013
1,937
2,165
2,581
Rwanda
2,911
661
155
115
338
277
161
242
199
139
158
43
64
65
32
44
19
16
15
8
5
6
40
5
42
17
15
20
10
Saint Kitts and Nevis
23
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
5
3
0
2
2
2
0
2
0
1
0
1
1
1
0
2
0
0
0
Saint Lucia
108
0
0
0
0
9
10
1
5
15
9
1
9
7
4
2
1
1
1
0
2
2
0
4
5
7
3
6
4
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
66
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
3
5
9
1
4
5
3
1
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
5
6
6
4
2
7
Samoa
67
1
1
0
1
4
0
0
0
0
0
2
4
9
2
11
1
5
2
6
0
0
3
6
4
2
0
1
2
São Tomé and Príncipe
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
Saudi Arabia
2,170
450
117
143
262
218
111
124
89
109
88
56
41
34
37
29
13
18
19
7
16
25
34
43
40
17
5
12
13
Senegal
3,030
109
10
13
83
94
98
139
104
109
91
51
128
128
163
104
71
74
66
33
60
58
98
47
120
142
181
264
392
Serbia
3,090
152
23
67
213
245
314
213
216
206
171
120
156
158
211
351
261
13
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Serbia and Montenegro
4,039
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
252
201
205
208
109
279
373
304
407
400
489
812
Seychelles
21
4
0
0
1
0
0
0
3
0
0
1
0
0
3
0
2
3
0
0
0
3
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
Sierra Leone
11,164
207
70
13
172
119
340
383
354
449
719
287
317
314
547
438
206
175
138
159
146
810
776
830
373
500
867
1,026
429
Singapore
425
17
6
8
11
8
9
12
2
32
6
14
12
11
14
21
8
17
13
27
45
37
26
20
15
10
10
13
1
Sint Maarten
4
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Slovakia
3,830
21
4
8
13
26
31
26
44
36
36
17
37
43
45
67
96
128
213
217
290
190
228
194
277
253
465
419
406
Slovenia
164
2
5
2
4
3
12
8
5
1
4
2
2
5
7
6
4
1
1
9
2
4
1
8
10
5
18
17
16
Solomon Islands
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Somalia
3,704
82
4
0
2
11
56
104
59
46
78
28
52
71
70
40
21
42
61
38
98
211
376
644
347
285
226
301
351
South Africa
7,940
266
106
38
180
175
215
182
197
217
319
225
309
303
301
235
151
164
161
132
342
265
201
406
367
467
369
694
953
South Sudan
55
18
3
2
4
10
6
11
1
0
0
0
0
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Spain
2,365
96
47
38
77
85
108
101
183
183
95
75
86
80
75
56
49
35
61
29
52
25
17
56
80
96
107
151
222
Sri Lanka
9,026
583
438
225
331
360
160
324
201
301
296
217
336
441
548
466
299
259
286
287
592
403
261
162
270
312
281
187
200
Sudan
22,778
1,704
249
403
1,548
1,680
1,174
1,833
1,191
965
436
308
569
557
592
502
279
359
384
223
511
611
861
1,133
1,425
888
699
1,002
692
Suriname
88
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
4
3
1
0
3
1
2
3
0
0
0
7
1
4
7
9
3
6
5
25
Sweden
1,993
11
9
8
11
33
53
46
48
35
62
62
43
54
46
50
61
50
46
43
72
35
56
115
160
126
140
284
234
Switzerland
2,644
20
15
10
13
20
35
31
56
61
40
50
69
79
96
71
44
72
58
78
93
50
79
176
251
272
394
202
209
Syria
1,786
240
84
36
83
55
128
164
134
138
91
72
67
37
53
40
16
20
17
10
28
31
43
22
23
49
26
56
23
Taiwan
6,714
301
178
142
180
174
160
167
103
215
160
158
214
231
251
275
275
266
252
577
1,091
1,344
ineligible
ineligible
ineligible
ineligible
ineligible
ineligible
ineligible
Tajikistan
5,366
723
243
159
919
698
419
239
339
248
209
152
182
121
80
66
33
27
32
54
35
63
26
80
56
44
42
26
51
Tanzania
2,814
66
21
10
50
39
46
32
60
28
51
62
81
65
137
72
81
122
104
83
191
137
115
137
197
106
185
214
322
Thailand
1,495
142
51
36
60
32
19
31
26
19
31
22
36
32
49
45
37
46
60
63
119
155
90
69
65
64
31
45
20
Togo
14,543
838
186
208
757
664
504
688
547
565
514
281
526
507
483
469
468
458
1,084
1,314
1,434
564
441
328
199
256
120
100
40
Tonga
522
28
11
8
15
13
24
1
15
2
11
1
9
22
27
27
14
51
21
23
16
2
20
37
18
19
40
14
33
Trinidad and Tobago
1,943
16
18
8
6
29
17
20
53
62
45
43
53
103
76
48
55
60
34
32
28
30
52
209
139
184
106
164
253
Tunisia
1,631
136
60
38
47
62
63
100
38
40
49
26
42
68
53
43
46
47
46
38
33
60
42
74
66
81
50
95
88
Turkey
29,667
1,330
588
708
1,387
1,821
1,386
796
1,245
1,084
712
899
993
1,058
1,041
972
755
709
826
1,192
1,180
702
590
669
931
1,520
1,613
1,556
1,404
Turkmenistan
2,401
547
235
61
177
157
93
75
105
106
70
72
85
77
59
78
40
44
46
50
41
18
22
23
26
45
21
23
5
Tuvalu
2
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Uganda
3,738
206
69
64
133
177
92
166
171
184
204
111
211
158
170
152
122
96
98
73
100
100
66
62
112
113
143
189
196
Ukraine
64,352
2,636
938
1,101
2,062
2,653
2,040
1,787
1,313
1,770
1,844
1,439
1,676
1,807
1,714
1,914
3,333
3,119
3,309
3,191
2,935
3,395
2,443
3,491
3,461
2,657
1,982
2,195
2,147
United Arab Emirates
785
85
50
71
78
64
31
28
40
36
40
41
22
5
11
3
13
10
6
11
7
22
33
29
15
8
2
18
6
Uruguay
232
0
2
5
7
9
8
8
5
9
1
3
4
8
7
12
2
4
3
21
20
13
5
16
8
5
10
18
19
Uzbekistan
42,445
2,413
89
314
823
2,058
3,199
2,378
2,524
3,032
3,385
3,212
3,596
3,356
2,388
2,274
1,067
958
926
975
787
614
442
449
338
256
183
232
177
Vanuatu
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Venezuela
11,018
881
621
340
645
929
1,274
684
735
802
560
476
448
391
253
155
125
169
158
126
187
101
85
208
133
129
126
140
137
Yemen
2,802
625
228
13
70
28
267
397
171
200
195
66
40
33
51
22
21
22
23
17
12
91
37
28
45
36
20
34
10
Zambia
1,111
30
11
4
12
14
17
20
33
18
39
18
48
41
38
65
42
27
26
39
60
55
61
56
47
77
98
55
60
Zimbabwe
1,693
142
70
3
28
54
44
85
47
32
68
42
89
65
96
47
29
84
69
47
47
51
43
37
44
30
66
117
117
Deceptive agencies
There is no charge to enter the Diversity Visa lottery, and the only way to do so is by completing and sending the electronic form available at the U.S. Department of State website during the registration period. However, there are numerous companies and websites that charge a fee in order to complete the form for the applicant. The Department of State and the Federal Trade Commission have warned that some of these businesses falsely claim to increase someone's chances of winning the lottery, or that they are affiliated with the U.S. government.
There have also been numerous cases of fraudulent emails and letters which falsely claim to have been sent by the Department of State and that the recipient has been granted a permanent resident card. These messages prompt the recipients to transfer a "visa processing fee" as a prerequisite for obtaining a "guaranteed" green card. The messages are sometimes sent to people who never participated in the lottery and can look trustworthy as they contain the recipient's exact name and contact details and what appears to be a legal notice.
The Department of State has issued a warning against the scammers. It notes that any email claiming the recipient to be a winner of the lottery is fake because the Department has never notified and will not notify winners by email. The Department has urged recipients of such messages to notify the Internet Crime Complaint Center about the scam.
The office of inspector general has identified multiple problems with DV lottery in several countries, including Ukraine, Ghana, Albania in embassy inspection reports.
According to testimony from Stephen A. Edson before the House Judiciary Committee, "in Bangladesh, for example, one agent is reported to have enrolled an entire phone book so that he could then either extort money from winning applicants who had never entered the program to begin with or sell their winning slots to others."
Impact
Economic
Labor economists and others have credited the Diversity Visa program for providing economic benefits to the United States and enhancing the competitiveness of the U.S. labor force.
Research by Lewis and several other economists shows that diverse and low-skilled immigrants lift the wages of native-born workers, as those immigrants are less substitutable to native-born workers.
Charles Kenny, an economist at the Center for Global Development, noted that research by Harvard economist Alberto Alesina found that countries with a higher share of foreign-born populations tended to have more innovation and higher incomes.
Security
In 2004, the State Department's deputy inspector general warned that there were security risks to granting visas to winners from countries with ties to terrorism. A 2007 Government Accountability Office report however found no evidence that recipients of diversity visas posed a threat.
According to PolitiFact, "there is at least one documented example of an individual who migrated through the diversity visa system and was later arrested on terrorism-related charges. But it is unclear that the diversity lottery has historically been used as a strategic entry point for terrorists."
Experts on immigration note that the chances of winning the lottery are low and those who do win the lottery still have to undergo background checks and vetting, which makes the diversity lottery program a poor choice for immigrants considering launching terrorist attacks in the United States.
According to the Cato Institute, immigrants from the countries with the highest percentage of diversity visas have vastly lower incarceration rates than native-born Americans.