According to an Associated Press report on December 19, 2025, U.S. President Trump has ordered the suspension of the Diversity Immigrant Visa Program (commonly known as the "Green Card Lottery"). This decision follows a shooting incident involving Brown University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem stated on the social media platform X that, in accordance with the President's instructions, she has directed U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to suspend the program.
What is the Diversity Green Card Lottery?
The Diversity Immigrant Visa Program was established by Congress to issue up to 50,000 green cards annually via a lottery system to applicants from countries with low rates of immigration, many of which are in Africa. The suspension of this program is expected to face legal challenges.
Data shows that nearly 20 million people applied for the fiscal year 2025 lottery; if spouses of winners are included, the total number of successful applicants exceeds 131,000. All winners must still pass rigorous background checks before being granted entry into the United States.
Successful applicants will be invited to submit green card applications and must undergo an interview at a U.S. consulate, with review standards consistent with other legal immigration pathways.
U.S. Immigration Policy Orientation
"Merit-Based Immigration" Becomes the Core Logic
In fact, the Trump administration's opposition to the Green Card Lottery is not a recent development. The recent series of adjustments to Trump's immigration policy is essentially advancing his agenda of "tightening immigration and merit-based entry." From the current policy trajectory, the U.S. immigration system is shifting from quantity to quality.
Trump's immigration path is not simply about "closing the door," but rather raising the threshold and re-screening for the best candidates. As seen from the recently introduced Gold Card, the core logic is not a comprehensive tightening of immigration, but rather structural tightening and selective admission.
In other words, what the Trump administration truly intends to do is not to reduce all immigration, but to concentrate immigration quotas on those who are "more valuable to the United States."
For prospective Chinese immigrants, how to seize policy windows and choose compliant, stable, and highly certain immigration paths has become the most critical issue at present.
EB-5 Investment Immigration
A Certainty-Based Solution to Secure Your Path to the U.S.
As a popular immigration method, EB-5 investment immigration can both secure employment and promote economic growth.
It can be said that the EB-5 program is exactly the type of "high-quality immigration" currently favored by the U.S. government—applicants who have strength, make contributions, and can drive economic development.
Among many options, EB-5 investment immigration is currently one of the most mature and widely applicable paths to obtaining U.S. status within the U.S. immigration system. With no visa backlog, an investment starting from $800,000, the whole family can quickly obtain a U.S. green card.
In addition, the Trump Gold Card program is now officially open for applications. Worldway has taken the lead in launching Gold Card acceptance services to help applicants efficiently advance their application processes and seize critical time windows.
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