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Article snippet: Senators signaled on Wednesday that they are open to ending an immigration program that President Trump wants to shut down in the wake of the New York City terrorist attack. Trump on Wednesday called for ending the diversity visa lottery system and said he would start “the process of terminating” it. The program was created by an immigration law in 1990, so ending it would require action from Congress. While there are early signs of divisions over how to scrap the program, senators stressed they were broadly supportive of the idea. “We ought to be more focused and more merit-oriented when it comes to our immigration program. There’s always going to have to be a combination of family-based immigration, but we also ought to reward people who we want to see come to this country and help us grow our economy,” Sen. MORE (R-Texas), who supports the president’s efforts, told reporters. Sen. MORE (R-S.C.) noted legislation would take time, but added, “count me in for wanting to eliminate the lottery system for merit-based immigration.” Sen. MORE (D-Ill.), asked if Democrats would be open to getting rid of the lottery, said: “Of course we would. Let me just tell you something: that was part of the [comprehensive immigration] reform [bill].” The 2013 bill would have ended the diversity visa lottery program, which uses a random selection to give green cards to roughly 50,000 individuals from countries with historically low immigration rates. The legislation cleared the Sena... Link to the full article to read more