The Trump administration has announced the immediate suspension of the Diversity Immigrant Visa Programme, which allowed Claudio Manuel Neves Valente, the suspect in the Brown University shooting, to enter the U.S. in 2017. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem stated that the program is being halted to prevent further harm to Americans. Valente, a Portuguese national, was involved in the shooting that killed two students and injured nine others before being found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. The Diversity Visa Programme, established in 1990, aimed to provide immigration opportunities to underrepresented countries but has faced criticism and calls for its termination due to crime-related concerns.
