The Trump administration has suspended the Green Card lottery after the Brown University shooting. The suspect, who killed a Brown student and an MIT professor, became a citizen through this lottery. Ricky Murray, former USCIS chief of staff, told Newsweek that this suspension fits a pattern. "One bad actor’s actions are cast onto everyone using that avenue for their immigration processing," he said. The administration also stopped immigration requests from Afghanistan and other countries after a related shooting. The Green Card lottery, also called the Diversity Visa program, grants up to 55,000 permanent residencies randomly to applicants from low-immigration countries. There are five main Green Card categories: family-based, employment-based, diversity visa, humanitarian, and special programs. Indian-origin attorney Cyrus Mehta criticized the suspension. He said, "One person’s bad actions should not be used to shut down the entire Diversity Visa program that is mandated by Congress." He noted the alleged shooter was from Portugal, a country not targeted earlier by the administration. "The administration should not be using these unfortunate killings as a pretext to shut down immigration programs it disfavors," Mehta added. The lottery suspension does not affect countries like India, Pakistan, China, and the UK, which have higher immigration rates and were never eligible for this lottery.