Looking to burnish his hardline image after what appeared to be the first major jihadist attack on the homeland during his administration, Trump pledged sweeping changes and later called for the attacker to be put to death. The officially titled Diversity Lottery Program aims to diversify the origins of people granted permanent residence—so-called green cards—in the United States. Republicans in Congress have tried for several years to eliminate the visa lottery program, but were stifled by Democratic resistance. Tuesday’s incident was the second time the lottery has been tied to a jihadist attack inside the United States. “Saipov committed this attack in support of ISIS,” US acting Manhattan attorney Joon Kim announced, using an acronym to refer to the IS jihadist group.

Source: Manila Times November 02, 2017 15:00 UTC