State Department Using 'Diversity Visas' to Encourage Immigration to U.S. from T
Tuesday, January 5, 2010 11:47 PM
The State Department has awarded 1,011 special “diversity visas†allowing Yemeni nationals to immigrate to the United States since 2000, the year 17 U.S. sailors were killed when the USS Cole was attacked by terrorists in the Yemeni port of Aden.
The "diversity visas" are designed to encourage immigration from countries that do not otherwise send significant numbers of immigrants to the United States.
Nationals of the four states listed by the State Department as state sponsors of terrorism--Cuba, Iran, Sudan, and Syria--also received "diversity visas" from the State Department to immigrate to the United States in 2010. These include 98 from Syria, 298 from Cuba, 1,084 from Sudan, and 2,773 from Iran
The number of diversity visas awarded to Yemeni nationals since 2000:
Year Diversity Visas
2000 63
2001 201
2002 223
2003 44
2004 106
2005 40
2006 47
2007 43
2008 70
2009 102
2010 72
Total: 1,011
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