The United States has often been compared to a \u201cmelting pot\u201d or a “salad bowl” in its richness of ethnic, religious and cultural diversity.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Since colonial times, immigration has played a major role in American diversity, and U.S. immigration policy has increasingly favored a more even distribution in the national sources of immigration. One legislative manifestation of that policy objective can be seen in the Immigration Act of 1990, which mandated the nation’s Diversity Visa Program.<\/p>\n
The Diversity Visa Program is drawn from Section 131 of the Immigration Act of 1990 as an amendment to the Immigration and Nationality Act. Under the program, 55,000 Diversity Visas are set aside each year for persons from countries with low immigration rates to the United States. <\/p>\n
Diversity Visas are distributed among six geographic regions. The greatest number of visas are reserved for nationals of countries with lower rates of immigration, but no single country may account (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The United States has often been compared to a \u201cmelting pot\u201d or a “salad bowl” in its richness of ethnic, religious and cultural diversity.\u00a0 Since colonial times, immigration has played a major role in American diversity, and U.S. immigration policy…<\/span><\/p>\n