Women's Soccer Team Banned From Texas

A TIBETAN WOMEN'S SOCCER TEAM HAS BEEN
DENIED A U.S. VISA FOR THEIR PARTICIPATION IN A SOCCER
TOURNAMENT IN TEXAS.
MORE ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON.
SOMETHING
WORTH NOTING IS THAT IT IS A BOYS SOCCER TOURNAMENT AND THEY
WERE INVITED AS VIP GUESTS.
AGAIN SHOWING DIVERSITY WHICH
THEY TAKE SERIOUSLY.
THE TEAM
CAPTAIN SAYS THIS.
THEIR COACHES FROM NEW JERSEY.
FOR THEIR PART
THE WHITE HOUSE IS NOT
COMMENTED.
THIS HASN'T BEEN THE
FIRST TIME PLAYERS HAVE BEEN
DENIED ENTRY OR HAD TROUBLE GETTING TO DALLAS.
THERE HAVE
BEEN OTHER PLAYERS DENIED
BEFORE.
BUT NOT TO THIS VOLUME.
AN ENTIRE TEAM HAS NOT BEEN DENIED A VISA BEFORE.
THAT IS WHY THIS HAS BECOME SUCH A NEWS STORY.
>> THEY ACTUALLY LOVE AMERICA.
I GET WHY, I LOVE THE COUNTRY, BUT
WHY DO THEY LOVE IT AND THEY DON'T EVEN LIVE HERE?
LOOK AT
THIS DALLAS CUP TOURNAMENT, IT IS FOR YOUNG PLAYERS.
THEY HAVE
A MUSLIM JEWISH TEAM FROM ISRAEL THAT COMES IN.
THEY HAVE A
CATHOLIC PROTESTANT TEAM FROM IRELAND.
THEY HAVE A TIBETAN
TEAM.
THAT IS WHAT PEOPLE LOVE US, FOR THE ONES THAT DO.
FOR
THEM, WE HAVE BEEN A BEACON OF HOPE AND OPPORTUNITY AND
BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER.
AND THEIR NECK OF THE WOODS THEY
MIGHT BE JUDGED FOR BEING
TIBETAN AND HENCE NOT HAVE RIGHTS.
BUT THEY LOOK HERE AND
THEY GO THAT IS A MUSLIM AND JEWISH TEAM FROM ISRAEL PLAYING
TOGETHER, AND AMERICA WELCOMES
THAT.
AND THEY BRING OTHER RELIGIONS TOGETHER.
NOW THE
MESSAGE WE SEND THEM IS WE ARE JUST KIDDING, WE REALLY CARE
ABOUT YOUR ETHNICITY.
IF YOU ARE FROM TIBET ñ NO, WE NOW ARE NOT
WELCOMING AND ARE NOT THE COUNTRY YOU THOUGHT WE WERE.
>>CAN YOU IMAGINE THE FALLOUT IN AMERICA IF THESE 15 TIBETAN
SOCCER PLAYERS ARE ALLOWED TO GO
TO A SOCCER TOURNAMENT?
AND NOT JUST THAT, THEY ALSO PLAN TO GO
TO SIX FLAGS.
SIX FLAGS!
>>AND A DALLAS MAVERICKS GAME.
>> I'M GOING TO ENLIST SOMETHING.
>> I LOVE WITH THE SCREENING PROCESS MUST OF BEEN DOT IT SAYS
HERE AT ONE TIME YOU USED YOUR HANDS DURING A GAME, RULE
BREAKER.
>>THE ONLY THING I WOULD SAY ABOUT THIS IS THEY SAID THE US
EMBASSY OFFICIALS SAID THEY DIDN'T HAVE A STRONG ENOUGH
REASON TO GO TO DALLAS.
THE ONLY REASON I CAN SEE IS THAT THEY
ARE NOT COMPETING IN THE TOURNAMENT, THEY ARE NOT IN THE
AGE GROUP.
IT IS 16 AND UNDER, AND IT IS A BOYS SOCCER
TOURNAMENT AND THEY ARE NOT PARTICIPATING.
IT IS MORE LIKE
VIP GUESTS.
TO THAT DEGREE, I THINK IT IS GREAT.
BUT I DO ALSO
UNDERSTAND WHY THE US EMBASSY
WAS ASKING YOU ARE NOT EVEN GOING TO BE PLAYING?
I GUESS
THEY ARE GOING TO BE DOING SCRIMMAGES AND IT IS WAY MORE OF
A SYMBOLIC GESTURE THEN THE ACTUAL GOLD.
BUT I DO SEE THERE
IS A CAUSE FOR THEM TO ASK
QUESTIONS ABOUT THEIR VISIT.
>>YEAH, THEY CAN DO THAT.
NO ONE WOULD CARE IF THEY CAME HERE AND
WERE IN THE PARADE.
>> THE REASON WHY THIS IS A STORY IS BECAUSE THEY WERE
DENIED VISAS.
IF THEY WEREN'T DENIED, WE WOULDN'T BE TALKING
ABOUT IT.
>>AND GRACE, IF YOU LOVE TRUMP SO MUCH WHAT YOU MARRY HIM.
>>I MEAN HE DOES HAVE LESBIAN HAIRCUTS, SO MAYBE.
>>I DIDN'T SAY IT, GO BACK TO HER.
>> THIS IS NOT PART OF THE MUSLIM TRAVEL BAN, OF COURSE I
AM SURE THERE ARE SOME FOLKS OUT
THERE ñ A LOT OF THEM ARE CITIZENS OF INDIA SO THEY ARE
THINKING WAIT A MINUTE ARE WE NOW BANNING INDIANS?
YOU CAN
DENY VISAS, THAT IS WHY YOU APPLY.
BY THE WAY PER PERSON IT
COSTS THEM $160.
THAT IS A TON OF MONEY FOR THEM.
THAT IS
JUST TO APPLY FOR A VISA.
YES, WE ARE WITHIN OUR RIGHTS TO
REJECT ANY YOUNG PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE IN OUR COUNTRY FROM
COMING HERE.
IF WE HAD SPECIFIC ACTIONABLE INTELLIGENCE, OKAY, I
GET IT AND THAT IS WHAT YOU GO
THROUGH AN APPLICATION PROCESS.
IF WE ARE THE KIND OF PEOPLE WHO
REJECT THESE FOLKS, WHY?
AND
WHAT IS THAT SAY ABOUT US?
YES, THEY CAN DO IT BUT WHAT WE ARE
SAYING IS THEY SHOULDN'T.
WHAT MADE AMERICA GREAT IS THAT WE WERE OPEN TO FOLKS LIKE THIS.

Women's Soccer Team Banned From Texas

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