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Thursday, March 2nd, 2017

Tibetan women’s soccer players denied US visas for Texas tournament

Author:     Alan Yuhas
Source:     The Guardian (U.K.)
Publication Date:     Tuesday 28 February 2017 11.45 EST
 Link: Tibetan women’s soccer players denied US visas for Texas tournament
Stephan:   Yet another inept nasty scene at the border. How do you think the greater Tibetan community will respond to this? How about the larger world soccer community? How about people who are not White Christians in general? The United States enjoys the position it has historically held because of the contributions of immigrants. Indeed the country came into being, and was created by men who were immigrants, or the children or grandchildren of immigrants. Much of our technological lead in the 20th century was the result of contributions made by immigrants or the children of immigrants. Einstein, Tesla, Enrico Fermi, Elie Wiesel, Wernher von Braun, are just a few of the names that come to my mind as I write this. There are thousands more. By creating these ugly scenes at our borders the U.S. is killing it tourism industry, and crippling its healthcare and technological sectors.

‘Through football I can represent my country and through football I can inspire our girls,’ says a team captain.
Credit: Ed Sykes/Reuters

Fifteen players of a Tibetan women’s soccer team have been refused US visas as guests of a Texas tournament, raising questions about what policy Donald Trump will take toward the contested region.

The team, Tibet Women’s Soccer, had planned to take part in this spring’s Dallas Cup tournament for young players, and was invited by organizers to stay with local players in the tradition of several previous diversity programs, including a Catholic-Protestant team from Ireland and a Muslim-Jewish team from Israel.

On Friday, however, the players were told by US embassy officials in Delhi that they did not merit permission to take the 10-day trip.

“What they said is we don’t have strong reasons to go to Dallas,” said Jamyang Chotso, a team captain. “But I think this is not the reason for them to reject us. [We] think the reason is they think we might run away when we reach there.”

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