Visa Lottery Gave 28,783 to Those From State Sponsors of Terror, 2007-2016
(CNSNews.com) -- The U.S. government through its Visa Lottery program issued 28,783 visas to people from countries designated as "State Sponsors of Terrorism" between 2007 and 2016, according to the White House, based on data from the U.S. State Department.
“In the last decade, the U.S. issued nearly 30,000 permanent residence visas through the Visa Lottery to randomly selected nationals from countries designated as "State Sponsors of Terrorism" by the State Department [1]," said the White House in a Nov. 13 email. "This does not include the additional tens of thousands of foreign nationals admitted from these countries through other immigration categories (such as family-based immigration, as well as asylee, refugee, and others).”
The three state sponsors of terrorism were Iran, Sudan and Syria.
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