As a result of the shooting that occurred on December 13, two students were killed, and at least eight were injured. The shooter, a Portuguese national named Claudio Manuel Neves Valente, had been studying at Brown University for over two decades. He is also suspected of murdering Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor Nuno Loureiro, which took place two days after the shooting. On December 18, it was reported that Valente was found dead in a storage facility in New Hampshire, and his motives remain unclear.
Minister Noem noted that at the direction of President Trump, she ordered the suspension of the DV1 program to protect Americans from potential threats associated with this program. She reminded that Trump had previously opposed this lottery after a terrorist in New York, who also obtained a visa through the DV1 program, took the lives of eight people.
