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How did you manage to somehow twist the green card lottery into something so harmful sounding? It undermines your other points.

Nobody is forcing people to join the lottery. Nobody is in “limbo” against their will. it’s something that has a huge upside if you win, and little downside (apart from the Application fees).

Which country doesn’t do some kind of background check or information gathering when letting you in (except for tourism of course).

It’s extremely onerous to get a tourist visa to the EU if you’re an Indian citizen for example. Or it used to be.

They want your bank balances to make sure you aren’t going to just get on welfare.



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