Cross-posted from “US threatens permanent visa bans on trans athletes based on sex markers” by @breakfastmtn@lemmy.ca in !world@lemmy.world
The US state department has ordered officials worldwide to deny visas to transgender athletes attempting to come to the US for sports competitions and to issue permanent visa bans against those who are deemed to misrepresent their birth sex on visa applications.
The 24 February state department cable obtained by the Guardian instructs visa officers to apply Immigration and Nationality Act section 212(a)(6)©(i) – the “permanent fraud bar” – against trans applicants. Unlike regular visa denials, this section triggers lifetime exclusion from the United States with limited waiver possibilities.
“In cases where applicants are suspected of misrepresenting their purpose of travel or sex, you should consider whether this misrepresentation is material such that it supports an ineligibility finding,” reads the directive from the US secretary of state, Marco Rubio.
Who is this meant to target exactly? Of the vanishingly small number of trans athletes, there’s an even smaller number that would be traveling internationally.
It’s meant to target their angry, stupid base and get them cheering
Reminder that Trump is singlehandedly making it his mission to bully a SINGLE child in Maine. He is literally just an amorphous, souless husk of skin and evil.
get real, it’s going to be expanded to all trans people. They’re saying it’s for athletes, but they’ll make the criteria broad enough to attack whoever they want.