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November 16th, 2017 
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nsnbc : At least five foreign nationals with suspected terrorism ties have settled in the United States through the same visa lottery program that allowed New York City terrorism suspect and Islamic State sympathizer Sayfullo Saipov into the country, the administration of President Donald Trump said Tuesday.
Saipov, whose claim to fame is linked to having committed the Halloween terror attack in lower Manhattan that left eight dead and more than 11 injured, entered the United States from Uzbekistan in 2010 through the visa lottery program.
The U.S. Citizen Immigration Services describe the visa lottery program, as a “lottery” as a “Diversity Waiver Program” that grants u to 50,000 visas annually, drawn from random selection among all entries to individuals who are from countries with a low rate of immigration.
The random selection is, according to the State Department, through a computer-generated drawing for foreign nationals to apply for permanent residence, or a green card, in the United States each year.
The Trump administration reported that it also has identified several other terror suspects who have been randomly selected through the visa lottery to permanently settle in the U.S. According to the Justice Department, on October 27, just days before Saipov’s attack in New York City, another Uzbek national and visa lottery winner, Abdurasul Hasanovich Juraboev, was sentenced to 15 years in prison after pleading guilty to conspiring to provide material support to the Islamic State. Yet another visa lottery winner, Syed Haris Ahmed, a Pakistani national, was convicted of terrorism related activities in the U.S. and abroad in 2009.
President Donald Trump who drew harsh criticism over implementing special vetting programs for people from countries with known terrorism problems has also been vocal about the “visa lottery”. Trump had called for its elimination of the program, along with the termination of so-called chain migration, that allows immigrants to enter the USA because they have relatives there.
In the summer of 2002, Egyptian national Hesham Mohamed Ali Hedayet opened fire at the El Al Airlines ticket counter at Los Angeles International Airport, murdering two ticket agents and wounded three others. Hedayet, at the time, had lived in the U.S. for 10 years, but was only able to claim “lawful permanent resident status” when his wife was randomly selected as a Visa Lottery winner in 1997, according to the Trump administration.
Also in the summer of 2002, Pakistani national Imran Mandhai pled guilty to conspiring to bomb a National Guard Armory and electrical power substation near Miami, Florida. Mandhai entered the U.S. due to his parent’s random selection for permanent legal status after winning the visa lottery program.
The Trump administration also pointed to a case in 1997, of Mousa Mohammed Abu Marzook, a U.S. Hamas leader, who was deported for terrorist activities. According to the Trump administration, Marzook obtained a Green Card through the program that existed prior to the passage of the Diversity Visa Waiver Program.
Critics of Trump’s proposals suggest that allowing families to unite should be considered a human right, regardless of country or nationality. Ideally, U.S. citizens would also be allowed to unite, for example with spouses abroad, without too many problems. The United Nations is – despite all cultural and economic threats against families – still considering the family as the core unit of human society that should enjoy special protection and privileges. Appropriate vetting for criminal records or links to terrorism and singling out “actual, potential threats” would not preclude such human rights-based initiatives.
The program originated as part of a bill introduced in 1990 by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., then a member of the House. Schumer’s measure to make a set number of visas available to “diversity immigrants” from certain countries was absorbed into a larger House immigration bill, which was sponsored by Schumer and 31 others, including several Republicans. That bill was ultimately passed in a bipartisan vote, and was signed by President George H.W. Bush.
According to the State Department, in 2004, the agency’s deputy inspector general warned that the program contained “significant threats to national security as hostile intelligence officers, criminals, and terrorists attempt to use it” to enter the U.S. Critics stress that the 2004 State Department warning would only be correct and valid if one implements a policy that exempts “winners” from normal, or in some case extraordinary vetting.
CH/L – nsnbc 16.11.2017
Source Article from https://nsnbc.me/2017/11/16/muslim-terrorists-entered-usa-via-visa-lottery-trump-administration/
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