Trump Admin drags kids into their Anti-Immigration efforts….
Kids. and Sports…….
Making America ‘Great’ Again?
A Venezuelan Little League baseball team will miss the Senior Baseball World Series held in South Carolina after it was was denied entry into the U.S. because the players were unable to obtain visas.
Cacique Mara Little League team, from Maracaibo, Venezuela, qualified for the World Series after winning the Latin American championship in Mexico, but will not be able to compete in Easley, S.C. because they were unable to “obtain the appropriate visas” to travel, according to Little League International.
Little League International said in a statement to The Hill that while this is “extremely disappointing, especially to these young athletes,” the tournament committee has decided to advance the second-place team from the Latin American championship, Santa María de Aguayo from Tamaulipas, Mexico.
The league said the replacement will ensure the “Latin America Region is represented in the tournament and that the players, coaches and families from Mexico are able to have a memorable World Series experience.”
A senior State Department official told The Hill on Saturday that U.S. consular officers are currently “working to review the case to confirm proper procedures were followed and necessary appeals were submitted by the visa applicants.” …..
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One hopes this situation will be resolved in favor of sports and kids IN America….