Sections SEARCH Skip to content Skip to site index Politics Subscribe Log In Subscribe Log In Advertisement Supported by ByEric Schmitt June 9, 2018 KAZLU RUDA TRAINING AREA, Lithuania — A decade ago, Lukas Natkevicius and his family here in Lithuania won the lottery. Now he is back in this tiny Baltic nation — as a United States Army soldier helping to defend his former homeland. When he was 13 years old, the United States selected Specialist Natkevicius’s father for one of the up to 50,000 visas issued annually to people who have no family connections or employer sponsor. Often referred to as the green card lottery, the diversity immigrant visa program for decades has benefited immigrants from countries with low immigration rates to the United States. But President Trump proposed eliminating the program last fall after a truck attack in New York City left eight people dead. Sayfullo Saipov, the man accused of carrying out the attack, came to the United States from Uzbekistan in 2010 through the lottery. Specialist Natkevicius’s personal story, however, offers a counterpoint to critics who say people in the program arrive with no established attachment to the country and do not deserve the opportunity…. Read full this story
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