H.R. 10896: To terminate the diversity immigrant visa program.

This bill would end the U.S. diversity immigrant visa program, which is the lottery-style immigration program that gives visas to people from countries with historically low rates of immigration to the United States.

What changes would be made

• It would repeal the part of immigration law that authorizes the diversity visa program.
• It would make several technical cleanup changes to related immigration statutes so the law no longer refers to that program.
• It would remove references in the immigration code that currently account for diversity visas in the overall visa system.

Practical effect

If enacted, the government would no longer issue diversity immigrant visas under the current program. That means future applicants would not be able to enter or be selected through the diversity visa lottery, and the related visa numbers would no longer be reserved for that category.

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