Ends the Diversity Visa Program, stopping a path for immigrants from certain countries.
This bill would end the Diversity Immigrant Program. This program currently offers a chance for people from countries with historically low immigration rates to come to the U.S. If signed into law, it would stop new diversity visas from being issued starting October 1, 2025.
Today, the Diversity Immigrant Program allows people from countries with historically low immigration rates to apply for a chance to get a U.S. immigrant visa each year. After this bill, the Diversity Immigrant Program would be eliminated, meaning this specific path to legal immigration would no longer exist starting October 1, 2025.
HR 1241 · 119th Congress · February 12, 2025 · AI Summary by gemini-2.5-flash · 8/10
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