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Trump administration suspends US green card lottery

Customs and Border Patrol agents wait for Border Patrol Commander Greg Bovino at a gas station in Kenner, New Orleans, Louisiana, on December 15, 2025. [AFP]

US homeland security chief Kristi Noem suspended a green card lottery on Thursday, saying it was used by the suspect in a mass shooting at Brown University.

Claudio Neves Valente, a 48-year-old Portuguese national, is accused of bursting into a building at the Ivy League school on Dec 13 and opening fire on students sitting exams, killing two and wounding nine.

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