The United States limit sports visas for transgender women

The services of citizenship and immigration of the United States have announced that they have updated its immigration policy to limit the suitability of visa to transgender women who try to compete in women’s sports.

Based on the update of the policies, USCIS will take into consideration “the fact that a male athlete has competing against women” as a negative factor in the evaluation of visa petitions in categories such as O-1 for extraordinary skills, Green Eb-1 and EB-2 cards for highly qualified workers and national interest exemptions.

“Uscis is closing the escapade for foreign male athletes whose only possibility of winning elite sports is to change their gender identity and exploit their biological advantages against women,” said the spokesman for the Usmhew Tragesser.

“It is a question of security, equity, respect and truth that only athletes receive a visa to come to the United States to participate in women’s sports”.

The move aligns with wider efforts by the administration of the President of the United States Donald Trump to regulate transgender participation in athletics and follows Similar policies eminat at the state level across the country.

The United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee was updated last month his policy To align with an executive order signed at the beginning of this year by Trump who closes transgender women to compete in women’s sports.

Trump signed the order to “keep out of women’s sports” in February, a directive This said that supporters restore equity, but critics support violations of the rights of a small minority of athletes.