Democrats want to preserve the lottery because many immigrants who come through it are from Africa and small Asian nations. Leaders of the black, Hispanic and Asian-American caucuses in the House released a letter this week opposing the bill.


To understand why DV Lottery is there, you have to learn the history of DV Lottery. The history starts at the foundation of this country. In its initial days, USA was the country who welcomed all the oppressed, persecuted, poor, rich, sick, or anything else with its open arms. That greetings was the symbol of liberty USA is/was known for. The statue of the liberty also has the message of "welcome to USA" and that welcome was meant for ANYONE, not just the rich, educated and successfuls. If you research the history of free immigration into USA since the begining you will see how the immigration rules has changed/narrowed from "welcome to all" to "not all are welcome". The DV program was created to leave that SPIRIT of ANYONE being coming to America. So killing the DV program is not just about democrates its about the tradition/history/value/spirit of this country. It will not go away easy.

The republican ploy has been to use the VISA catogery for corporations benefit for long time. This is not the first time they are proposing this. How about these repub rednecks just open up another 55K visa for higly skilled/educated people????

Republicans have two agendas, one is to serve their masters (the corporations) and two is to hate everyone who does not look like themselves.