PanAm Podcast: Is It Time to End the "Diversity Visa" Program?

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Uzbek national Sayfullo Saipov's recent terror attack in New York City has called into question a little known immigration measure known as the diversity visa program. Essentially, it prioritizes visas and green cards for nations under-represented in the United States. Uzbekistan has done particularly well under the program. Yet, for advocates of a merit-based immigration system, the program seems more about political correctness than practicality. Encouraging immigration from nations with few immigrants already in the United States seems a goal dictated by bureaucrats, rather than responding to economic needs. Immigrants should be given access to the US and its lucrative job market because of the contributions they can make to the economy; not to check off some box or fulfill some quota based on the whims of political correctness.