The Diversity Immigrant Visa Program (DV Program), which is run by the State Department, holds an annual lottery where up to 55,000 green cards are given out to immigrants who are then granted ...

The program, according to the National Foundation for American Policy, has benefited 528,000 individuals (110,000 Cubans; 210,000 Haitians; 92,000 Nicaraguans and 116,000 Venezuelans, ruling all ...