The Biden-era chaos is over and a sensible, hard line is finally being drawn: the administration has ordered an immediate pause to the Diversity Immigrant Visa, the so-called green card lottery, after the tragic Brown University shootings exposed glaring vulnerabilities in our immigration system. This is not a moment for hand-wringing; it’s a moment for action to put American lives and safety first.
Reports show the alleged shooter entered the country through the Diversity Visa program years ago, underscoring why reckless, random lotteries for permanent residency are a national security risk we can no longer ignore. Americans deserve an immigration system that screens people carefully, rewards merit and loyalty, and does not gamble with our safety.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem moved swiftly at the president’s direction to instruct USCIS to pause the DV1 program, a commonsense step after this horrific crime. Leaders who put border security and public safety first are doing what voters elected them to do — protect American families before political correctness.
The State Department has been blunt and right: a U.S. visa is a privilege, not a right, and every visa decision must be treated as a national security decision. That clarity is overdue; for too long our foreign policy elites treated visas like bureaucratic paperwork instead of the frontline of homeland defense.
Officials are also expanding vetting, including social-media checks and stricter reviews for certain visa categories, because intelligence and common sense demand it. If that scrutiny keeps dangerous people out and helps prevent another campus massacre, then the inconvenience it creates for some applicants is a small price to pay for American lives.
Make no mistake: this pause is a pro-American, pro-worker move. It’s time to stop rewarding open-borders lobbyists and start building a merit-based system that protects our communities, supports our economy, and restores faith in legal immigration. Politicians who side with safety over sentiment will earn the respect of everyday patriots.
Congress needs to act quickly to close the loopholes, dismantle lottery pathways that invite risk, and pass real reforms that keep dangerous actors out while still welcoming those who contribute. The choice is clear: defend American citizens and sovereignty, or continue down an unsafe experiment in mass, unvetted immigration — hardworking Americans expect us to choose the former.
