Washington: US President Donald Trump's
immigration framework will end the diversity lottery visa to
help reduce green card backlog of high-skilled workers, the
White House said today amid growing demands by Indian H-1B
visa holders to remove the per country-limit on its allotment.
Indian-Americans, most of whom are highly skilled and
come to the US mainly on H-1B work visas are the worst
sufferers of the current immigration system which imposes a
seven per cent per country quota on allotment of green cards
or permanent legal residency.