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| Diversity Visa Lottery 2008 Results |
| 2008-05-15 |
| And the winner is: Nigeria 8,773 with Bangladesh second on 5,983. Aren't diversity programs grand! Natives of the following countries were not eligible to participate in DV-2008: Brazil, Canada, China (mainland-born, excluding Hong Kong S.A.R. and Taiwan), Colombia, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Haiti, India, Jamaica, Mexico, Pakistan, Peru, the Philippines, Poland, Russia, South Korea, the United Kingdom (except Northern Ireland) and its dependent territories, and Vietnam. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #9 Our immigration system is screwed. It's by design! |
| Posted by: Joger the Slender5687 2008-05-15 19:17 |
| #8 Build the damned fence NOW. And make it easier for people to get into the country to work, not as slaves like the H1-B, but with full access to the legal protections and responsibilites needed to compete fairly int he market place. Stop letting the big companies profit from cheap illegals while we pick u the tab for their health care in our ERs and hospitals, and their children freeload at schools we pay for. Too easy for the wrong people to get in illegally, too hard for the right people to get in legally. Our immigration system is screwed. That being said, a lot fo the Nigerians I have met in my Church work are Christians who are being driven out of that country by the Muslims. And I'm talking engineers, doctors and businessmen. Good people. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2008-05-15 17:13 |
| #7 649 places for Australia. Hmmmmm.... |
| Posted by: Grunter 2008-05-15 17:02 |
| #6 Well, my initial reaction was suggest we have a 10 yr moratorium on immigration period - seems we have enough folks here (not to mention the illegals and expired visa holders that need to go home and get in line) to assimilate already w/out adding to the bottle-neck. |
| Posted by: Broadhead6 2008-05-15 16:04 |
| #5 What are you? Some kind of RACIST ISLAMOPHOBE? /diversity moonbat |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2008-05-15 15:57 |
| #4 And call me Islamophobe but since we're still having issues absorbing previous waves of Muslims we should pause on allowing even more in until they've been absorbed rather than insisting on special treatment and everything. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2008-05-15 15:52 |
| #3 I think the US needs to rethink our immigration deversity lottery. Not saying Nigeria or Bagladesh are bad choices but.. I think letting all the Cubans in has had the benefit of taking everyone who had the balls to fight Castro and getting them into the US. Great for us, bad for Cuba. Same with Mexico. Hard workers come over here instaed of staying home and insisting on political reform. An arguement could be made that the massive waves of Europeans in the last century made it easier for Bismark and Hitler to find a sympathetic population. We need to think, what would this do to their home country? That's all I'm saying. Perhaps we don't care. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2008-05-15 15:50 |
| #2 Are there any caveats such as the lottery winner has to have an advance degree from an accredited University or be willing to serve in the U.S. Armed services for a period of 4+ yrs? Diversity for the sake of diversity is stupid. |
| Posted by: Broadhead6 2008-05-15 15:42 |
| #1 Nigeria 8,773 with Bangladesh second on 5,983 Wouldn't be so bad if the 8,773 were Nigerian Christians and 5,983 were Bangladeshi Ahmadiyyas and Baha'is. But something tells me that is not the case. |
| Posted by: twobyfour 2008-05-15 15:27 |