The Green Card Lottery results are out now. The Diversity Visa (Green Card) lottery 2025 results are available from May 4th, 2024 till September 30th, 2025. The results from the 2024 lottery are still available until September 30th, 2024.

People who have applied for this need to remember to check the lottery yourself online.

The Diversity Immigration Visa program, or more commonly known as the “green card lottery” was established by the Immigration Act of 1990 signed into law by 41st President of the United States George H. W. Bush. The program is administered by the Department of States and conducted under the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). The program opens to 55,000 slots for immigrant visas annually with the goal of diversifying the immigrant population in the United States.

The U.S. Department of Justice has told Iowa’s officials that it plans to sue the state over a new law that will make it a crime for a person to be in Iowa if they have been previously denied admission to the U.S.

The DOJ says this statute interferes with the federal government’s authority to enforce immigration laws.

Recently Georgia Governor Brian Kemp signed a new immigration law(HB1105). This new law Georgia HB1105, which requires that sheriff’s offices collaborate with federal officials to identify individuals in custody who could be unlawfully in the country, or they risk losing funding.

Tens of thousands of Dreamers covered by DACA will start to participate in health care privileges designated by Obamacare beginning in November. This will affect more than half a million people. These people were unqualified for national health insurance programs before despite having been allowed to work in the US lawfully.

After Republicans blocked a bipartisan border security aimed at easing record-high illegal crossings, Democrats are preparing to go on the offense regarding immigration. In a Senate meeting last week, key administration officials as well as Democratic lawmakers discussed actions that would include forcing votes that Republicans would oppose.

The Biden administration is on the look for a new point guard on border issues, with plans to bring in the Department of Homeland Security's Blas Nuñez-Neto. President Biden’s ability to respond to what has become one of his most vulnerable election issues has been damaged due to a lack of ownership among senior White House officials on the border.

Immigration advocates growing by the number are urging President Joe Biden to grant work permits (EAD) to undocumented immigrants who have been living in the United States for a long time.

The White House has not confirmed about doing anything like this, though it has the power.

In a recent sit down with the Time Magazine featuring former President Donald Trump, the topic of what a potential second Trump term would bring, including the issue of immigration. Trump went into details regarding his plan to deport many millions of undocumented illegal immigrants.

USCIS has started new changes that exclude duplicate applications of the same worker under H-1B petition. This does not apply for a new employee asking for H-1B transfer, and if the worker did not work for that employer in the previous fiscal year. This change did have a big impact as duplicate applications fell by 88%. The total number of registrations also fell by 38%. This decline is understandable as it is because these new rules no longer prioritize the number of applications submitted but rather focus on each individual applicant.