Somali referee denied US entry, will miss World Cup debut
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Rebecca Henrys
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· 2 sourcesSomali referee Omar Abdulkadir Artan was denied entry to the United States over the weekend, preventing him from officiating at a World Cup match that would have made him the first Somali to do so. Defector reported that upon arriving in Miami for mandatory training, Artan was interrogated for 11 hours by Customs and Border Protection officials, held in a cell, and then put on a flight back to his home country. The incident highlights concerns over the Trump administration's strict immigration policies ahead of the World Cup, according to coverage on bsky.
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Summary
Somali referee Omar Abdulkadir Artan was denied entry to the United States over the weekend, preventing him from officiating at a World Cup match — which would have made him the first Somali to do so. The incident highlights concerns over the Trump administration's strict immigration policies ahead of the World Cup.
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· 2 pulledThe United States denied entry over the weekend to referee Omar Abdulkadir Artan, who had been expected to be the first Somali to officiate at a World Cup match.
The Trump administration's strict immigration policies have been a point of concern ahead of the World Cup
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