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Lottery System

By Tammy Derouin

It is encouraging to see that the Trump administration is not giving up on the need to end the Diversity Visa Lottery program. We really need to tighten up our security and this is certainly a program which needs to be highly scrutinized and more than likely, eliminated. This program, which begun in the 1990's and received bi-partisan support, may have originally began with good intentions, however, times have changed. Since the September 11, 2001 attacks, which was a declaration of war by Middle Eastern Jihadist on the United States, our security and the way we admit people into the United States should have changed. 
Unfortunately, during the Obama administration our security was extremely lax. There was an ever present mindset to ignore law enforcement and to side with criminals. Our military, border security and the law enforcement community in general was disrespected. All levels of security were continuously being ignored and denied the support they needed to do their job of protecting the homeland and the American people.
In our post 9/11 reality, the Diversity Visa Lottery program could be used to gain entry into the U.S. by those who wish to destroy us. With so few stipulations, it is an easy way to gain access. In our current reality, we should not be allowing 50,000 individuals into our country simply because their names were randomly drawn. This lottery system was set up to get a more balanced mix of immigrants from countries which were being under represented. Immigrants should be considered based on merit and or what they can contribute to our society. What may have seemed like a nice thing to do in the 1990's is no longer the case. This is an open door, a welcome mat, an invitation to those who could take advantage of such an easy way to gain entry and use it to cause harm.......