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What is the green card lottery that Trump wants to end post NY attack?

Trump said the attacker, who ploughed a pickup truck down a crowded bike path near the World Trade Centre killing eight people and injuring 11 others, was allowed to enter the US through the programme

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AgenciesBS Web Team Washington | New Delhi
In the wake of the deadliest terrorist attack in the country since 9/11, US President Donald Trump on Wednesday vowed that he will terminate the popular green card lottery after an ISIS-inspired Uzbek man who entered the US under the programme killed eight people in New York.

Trump said the attacker Sayfullo Habibullaevic Saipov, who ploughed a pickup truck down a crowded bike path near the World Trade Centre killing eight people and injuring 11 others in an ISIS-inspired plot, was allowed to enter the US on a State Department programme known as the "Diversity Lottery Programme".

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