Preparing to end the ‘DV Lottery’ program

Washington DC. Republican lawmakers have prepared to end the “Dv Lottery” program. They are seeking to end a government program that “undermines national security” by allowing “faceless computer code” to randomly distribute visas to immigrants through a lottery system, Fox News said.

The Diversity Immigrant Visa Program (DV Program), run by the Department of State, holds an annual lottery where 55,000 immigrants are granted green cards. The program has been the subject of political debate for years among lawmakers who have raised national security concerns about randomly selecting immigrants for residency rather than going through a merit-based selection process.

On Wednesday, Rep. Mike Collins, a Republican, introduced the Enhancing America’s Security and Fairness Act of 2025. Its purpose is to end the visa lottery and remove the ability of lottery winners to immediately sponsor family members for priority green cards.

“The Diversity Visa Program is an unnecessary exercise in government virtue signaling. “We have opened our country to a nearly endless chain of immigration and allowed computer code to determine the path to citizenship for 50,000 immigrants,” Collins said in a statement.

While ending the visa lottery is commonplace, Collins said, “The bill will reform our broken immigration system and realign our nation’s priorities with the America First immigration policies we need.”

The DV program currently allows applicants who meet certain eligibility requirements to apply online. To apply, applicants must come from countries with historically low immigration rates and have at least a high school education.

Even in 2017, many Republican lawmakers expressed concern about the visa lottery. In 2010, Saifulo Saipov, a terrorist who received a residency permit through this program, drove a truck into a crowd in New York on Halloween and killed eight people. Another alleged terrorist, Akayed Ullah, was also granted a visa through the program, according to the office of Republican Senator John Boozman.

The bill’s co-sponsors include Republican Reps. Andy Ogles of Tennessee, Brandon Gill of Texas, Mike Haridopoulos of Florida, Daniel Webster of Florida, Tom Tiffany of Wisconsin, and Troy Nehls of Texas. Agency