Unsafe for foreigners (or well anyone) to travel to US catchall thread

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PEN America ‘gravely concerned’ by deportation of Australian writer critical of Trump administration

US administration describes suggestion Alistair Kitchen was targeted because of his political beliefs as ‘unequivocally false’

www.theguardian.com

 

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US refuses visas for members of Senegal’s women’s basketball team, says its PM

The players had been due to attend a 10-day training camp in the US. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

www.straitstimes.com

DAKAR – The United States rejected visa applications for members of Senegal’s women’s basketball team which was scheduled to train in the US, according to Dakar officials, as Washington tightens border controls and reportedly mulls a travel ban extension.

The tense border situation has caused consternation for some athletes and fans who plan to attend the 2026 FIFA World Cup and the 2028 Olympics in the United States.

Senegal is among 36 nations that the US is considering adding to a travel ban barring entry to its territory, according to an internal administration memo.

In a heated post, Senegalese Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko posted on Facebook that he had been “informed about the refusal to issue visas to several members of the Senegalese women’s national basketball team”.

He said that he had instructed his country’s minister of sports to cancel what was to have been a 10-day training camp in the US.

 

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It's probably fine if the men's soccer team continues to struggle. We have no chance in 2026. Every single call is going to go against us. That's what happened in 2006 after Iraq War fiasco. If Trump keeps up with this bullshit, as surely he will, I'd forecast multiple red cards for the US team in the three games it will get to play.