Brown University Shooter Identified; Trump Suspends Green Card Lottery | WPN World People News

A campus shooting recently occurred at Brown University in Rhode Island and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), resulting in two deaths and nine injuries. After several days of pursuit, the suspect, Claudio Neves Valente, was found dead by suicide on the 18th inside a rented self-storage facility. Valente entered the United States in 2000 on a student visa and obtained permanent residency in 2017 through the green card lottery. In response, U.S. President Donald John Trump has ordered the suspension of the “green card lottery” program and announced plans to revoke the citizenship of individuals who have already been naturalized.

The Diversity Immigrant Visa Program was established by the U.S. Congress and issues up to 50,000 green cards annually through a lottery to applicants from countries with historically low levels of immigration to the United States, with a relatively high proportion of applicants from Africa. Approximately 20 million people applied for the 2025 visa lottery. Including the spouses of lottery winners, it is estimated that more than 131,000 people ultimately became naturalized U.S. citizens after selection and screening.

According to media reports citing internal documents from the immigration authorities, the government plans to further tighten immigration oversight. Beginning in fiscal year 2026, regional offices will be required to submit between 100 and 200 denaturalization cases each month, and the immigration status of some individuals who have already obtained U.S. citizenship will be revoked. Analysts note that the linkage between future immigration policy enforcement and specific cases may trigger legal and political controversies.