A United States lawmaker, Rep. Keith Ellison, has disclosed part of his motivation for strongly advocating that his country maintains the Diversity Visa (DV) lottery program. He cited the instance of an Ethiopian academic who made it to the U.S. via the DV program and had excelled. “Husen Beriso, born in Ethiopia, came to US on Diversity Visa Program; he’s urging me to fight for the program. Ellison, a member of Congress from Minenesota’s Fifth District is on record to have branded President Trump a racist over his decision to cancel the lottery program supposedly over security concerns. The document titled, “Immigrant Number Use for Visa Issuances and Adjustments of Status in the Diversity Immigrant Category,” gave an analysis of DV beneficiaries spanning the years 2007 – 2016.

Source: Ethiopian News February 24, 2018 15:03 UTC