[20171109]IN10815_多元化移民签证计划.pdf

CRS INSIGHT Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress INSIGHTINSIGHTi i Diversity Immigrant Visa Program Jill H. Wilson Analyst in Immigration Policy November 9, 2017 On October 31, 2017, a resident of Patterson, NJ, reportedly drove a truck onto a bicycle path in New York City, killing 8 and injuring 11. Authorities have described the incident as a terrorist attack, and the suspect has been identified as an immigrant from Uzbekistan. Given that the suspect reportedly entered the country on an immigrant visa obtained through the Diversity Visa program (DV program), this incident has renewed interest in the DV program and its associated “lottery.” What is the DV program? The DV program was established to increase U.S. immigrant diversity by admitting individuals from countries from which relatively few immigrants arrive. The Diversity Immigrant category was added to the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) by the Immigration Act of 1990 (P.L. 101-649). The DV program makes 50,000 immigrant visas available annually. The formula for allocating visas is defined by statute: visas are divided among six geographic regions according to their relative populations, with their allocati