VIA WASHINGTON POST Video
As details emerged about the incident,
prominent right-wing commentators and news outlets seized on a report from
New York’s ABC affiliate that the attacker, Sayfullo. Saipov, had come to
the United States from Uzbekistan under a State Department program known
as the Diversity Visa Lottery.
The NYC Killer also sponsored 24
others to enter the US.
The Department of Homeland Security confirmed on
Wednesday afternoon “that the individual identified in the New York City terror
attack was admitted to the U.S. upon presentation of a passport with a valid
diversity immigrant visa.” A DHS spokesman, who did not mention Saipov by name,
said the suspect entered the United States in 2010.
