World Relief CEO Issues Statement Responding to USCIS Halt on Diversity Visas

BALTIMORE, Md. – Following the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services pause on the Diversity Immigrant Visa Lottery Program, World Relief issued the following statement, attributed to Myal Greene, president and CEO: 

“The perpetrator in these horrific attacks should face justice under the law — but it’s unjust to block the legal immigration processes of tens of thousands of people who have absolutely nothing to do with this offense, except that they happened to have applied for the same type of visa. This is the latest instance of the administration leveraging an isolated evil action to advance its goal of dramatically reducing legal immigration. In doing so, it is circumventing Congress, harming our national economy and penalizing law-abiding individuals who have waited patiently abroad in one of the limited lines available to immigrate lawfully under the law.” 

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