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IcyPeas

(25,961 posts)
Thu Jun 11, 2026, 10:25 AM Thursday

MaRkWaYneMuLliN .. why people are being denied entry re: World Cup

Get a load of his answer. He is not good at this.

Q: On the World Cup, at least one referee from Somali and one Iraqi team staff member were denied entry at US airports in recent days, and dozens of fans have been denied--


MARKWAYNE MULLIN: We're not gonna allow people that are perceived to have criminal ties to come into this country

Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-06-11T14:12:41.892Z


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MaRkWaYneMuLliN .. why people are being denied entry re: World Cup (Original Post) IcyPeas Thursday OP
Perceived ? C_U_L8R Thursday #1
You let TSF come in and he's a convicted criminal. sinkingfeeling Thursday #2
"We was..." Swede Thursday #3
Can't even speak proper English Mysterian Thursday #4
Why Rebl2 Thursday #5
The real criminals are in the fucking White House! Initech Thursday #6
Man Freed In Trump's Prisoner Swap Is Triple-Murderer, still at large in USA thanks to The Rapist muriel_volestrangler Thursday #7
Follow up question D_Master81 Thursday #8

Mysterian

(6,693 posts)
4. Can't even speak proper English
Thu Jun 11, 2026, 10:39 AM
Thursday

I hope I live long enough to see the USA regain some respect in the world after this republican disaster.

muriel_volestrangler

(106,739 posts)
7. Man Freed In Trump's Prisoner Swap Is Triple-Murderer, still at large in USA thanks to The Rapist
Thu Jun 11, 2026, 12:03 PM
Thursday
The New York Times reports:

When the State Department secured the release of 10 Americans and permanent legal residents from a Venezuela prison last week, Secretary of State Marco Rubio hailed the action as part of an effort to safeguard the well-being of Americans unjustly held abroad. But one of the men released from the prison, an American-Venezuelan dual national named Dahud Hanid Ortiz, had been convicted in Venezuela for the murder of three people in Spain in 2016, according to an official at the prosecutor’s office in Madrid and Venezuelan court records reviewed by The New York Times.

https://www.joemygod.com/2025/07/man-freed-in-trumps-prisoner-swap-is-triple-murderer/

And the real reasons they turn people away include "visited Cuba":

US rules say travellers who have been in Cuba on or after 12 January 2021 are not eligible for ESTA and must apply for a visa instead.

That became the issue on Nicky Campbell’s BBC Radio 5 Live show, when an England supporter received his decision on air.

“Well, I’ve just had a thing come through on my ESTA from the American Embassy and they’ve refused my entry to America because I went to Cuba on a cruise,” he began by saying.

“It says: ‘Unfortunately, you are unable to enter the USA due to your entry into Cuba in 2025 and therefore you are not eligible to enter the USA.’

“So you get a thing back from ESTA, they give you 72 hours and they’ll come back to you. And the longer it takes, normally it takes about 14 minutes. This time it’s taken three days and they’ve refused my entry.

https://www.hitc.com/england-fan-learns-live-on-air-his-esta-was-rejected-for-the-world-cup-due-to-cuba-trip/

D_Master81

(2,725 posts)
8. Follow up question
Thu Jun 11, 2026, 12:08 PM
Thursday

What then sir was in these people’s background that led you to believe a soccer referee and staffer were a threat to this country?

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