In a world of obstacles to migration, a lottery where winners can gain permanent residency in the US sounds too good to be true. Just as unlikely is the idea that the US would make such visas available to foster diversity within a country where systemic racism endures. But in 1990, the US Diversity Visa Lottery was created to do just that. Dreamland tells the surprising story of this unlikely government program and its role in American life as well as the global story of migration.
