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An Immigration Innovation: A Comparative Analysis Of The American Diversity Visa Lottery Program And The Canadian Points-Based System, Jennifer Hopkins
An Immigration Innovation: A Comparative Analysis Of The American Diversity Visa Lottery Program And The Canadian Points-Based System, Jennifer Hopkins
St. John's Law Review
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United States immigration policy has historically been a strategy for national growth. Congress passed the Immigration Act of 1990 to stimulate further growth by increasing immigration opportunities. This substantial immigration reform created the Diversity Visa (“DV”) lottery program, which administers 50,000 lawful permanent residence visas annually. These visas are drawn randomly from a pool of applicants from countries with low rates of immigration to the United States.
Donald J. Trump pushed for major immigration reform beginning on his first day in office, including the repeal of the DV program and the development of a points-based system modeling the current …