Phillip Connor

Former Senior Researcher

Publications
short reads | Aug 23, 2018

Applications for U.S. diversity visa lottery remained near record in 2017

More than 22.4 million people applied in 2017 to a U.S. visa program that provides 50,000 green cards each year through a lottery system. The number of applicants nearly matched the record 23 million applicants received in 2016 and came as the Trump administration and some members of Congress have sought to eliminate the program – the only one of its kind globally.

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