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indicating he was skilled at evading detection.

In response to the shooting, the U.S.

has suspended its green card lottery program with Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem asserting that Valente, quote, should never have been allowed in our country.

Noem explained that Valente entered the U.S.

in 2017 through the Diversity Lottery Immigrant Visa Program and subsequently received a green card.

The program grants up to 50,000 visas each year through a random selection that countries with low immigration rates to the U.S.

and Nome has paused that program under President Donald Trump's directive to prevent further harm to Americans, she says.

Public frustration grew over the investigation into the Brown University shooting, which occurred when a gunman opened fire in the engineering building during a study session before finals.

Two students were killed and nine others were put in the hospital.

Six of them still listed in critical condition.

The victims have been identified as 19-year-old Ella Cook from Alabama and 18-year-old Muhammad U. Mirzovic, a Uzbek American first-year student.

Police say the investigation is still ongoing.