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U.S. Government’s travel bans mean many Haitian fans will not be able to go to World Cup
Adam Crafton
Nov. 19, 2025
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Haiti qualified this week to compete in the men’s World Cup for the first time since 1974 but travel bans imposed by the U.S. government mean many fans will not be able to travel from the Caribbean country to attend their nation’s games in the United States next summer.
In June, U.S. President Donald Trump signed a travel ban against 12 countries, a step he described as being essential to “protect the national security and national interest of the United States and its people.” The banned list included forbidding the entry into the U.S. of nationals of Haiti as both immigrants and non-immigrants...
Adam Crafton
Nov. 19, 2025
U.S. Government’s travel bans mean many Haitian fans will not be able to go to World Cup
The banned list signed by President Trump in June, included forbidding the entry into the U.S. of nationals of Haiti.
www.nytimes.com
Haiti qualified this week to compete in the men’s World Cup for the first time since 1974 but travel bans imposed by the U.S. government mean many fans will not be able to travel from the Caribbean country to attend their nation’s games in the United States next summer.
In June, U.S. President Donald Trump signed a travel ban against 12 countries, a step he described as being essential to “protect the national security and national interest of the United States and its people.” The banned list included forbidding the entry into the U.S. of nationals of Haiti as both immigrants and non-immigrants...
Haiti qualified for the World Cup. But the Trump administration says its fans aren’t welcome.
The Caribbean nation joins Iran as World Cup competitors covered by travel ban.
Haiti, which this week qualified to compete in the men’s World Cup for the first time since 1974, is covered by a travel ban President Donald Trump signed in June. The presidential proclamation restricts people from 19 countries from entering the United States, while including exemptions for players and their families, coaches and support personnel to participate in major sporting events. But the State Department confirmed to POLITICO on Friday that this exception will not apply to Haitian fans or spectators hoping to attend.
The Trump administration’s insistence on maintaining a blanket ban due to travelers’ country of origin is likely to raise hackles from within the international soccer community, which has historically celebrated the World Cup as a gathering place for fans from around the world. World Cup hosts have typically streamlined visa requirements to facilitate travel for visiting fans following their home teams.
Concerns about the effects of Trump’s immigration and border policies have hung over preparations for the tournament, which begins next June. Gianni Infantino, the president of tournament organizer FIFA, has previously said “fans from all over the world will be welcome.”
The Trump administration’s list targets nations the administration says are national security risks, have high visa overstay rates and where it’s infeasible to vet visitors and visa applicants. Haiti is facing a severe political crisis, marked by widespread gang violence and worsening humanitarian conditions — with the team playing home games outside of the country.
The State Department said fans may still submit visa applications and schedule interviews to attend the games, but that they “may be ineligible for visa issuance or admission to the United States.” The travel ban also included an exception for applicants whose travel would “advance U.S. national interest,” though a State Department spokesperson said such exceptions will likely be “very rare.”
Fans are likely to begin attempting to make travel plans after the tournament’s schedule, with specific match days and locations, is set by a draw that will take place on Dec. 5 in Washington.
The Haitian Embassy did not immediately respond to POLITICO’s request for comment, and tournament organizer FIFA declined to comment.
crazy shitU.S. Government’s travel bans mean many Haitian fans will not be able to go to World Cup
Adam Crafton
Nov. 19, 2025
U.S. Government’s travel bans mean many Haitian fans will not be able to go to World Cup
The banned list signed by President Trump in June, included forbidding the entry into the U.S. of nationals of Haiti.
Haiti qualified this week to compete in the men’s World Cup for the first time since 1974 but travel bans imposed by the U.S. government mean many fans will not be able to travel from the Caribbean country to attend their nation’s games in the United States next summer.
In June, U.S. President Donald Trump signed a travel ban against 12 countries, a step he described as being essential to “protect the national security and national interest of the United States and its people.” The banned list included forbidding the entry into the U.S. of nationals of Haiti as both immigrants and non-immigrants...
Texas men indicted for planning to invade Haiti, take women and children as sex slaves
1 day agoMichael Garcia
PLANO, Texas (KETK) – Two North Texas men have been indicted for planning to invade Gonave Island off the coast of Haiti, to make the island’s women and children into sex slaves.
Gavin Rivers Weisenburg, 21 of Allen, and Tanner Christopher Thomas, 20 of Argyle, were indicted by a federal grand jury in the Eastern District of Texas this week on charges of conspiracy to murder, maim or kidnap in a foreign country and production of child pornography.
U.S. Attorney Jay R. Combs’ office alleged that between August 2024 and July 2025, the two men planned to recruit a mercenary force of homeless people from Washington, D.C., to unlawfully invade Gonave, an island that’s part of the Republic of Haiti.
Weisenburg and Thomas allegedly planned to invade the island to carry out “rape fantasies,” according to Combs’ office. Their plan included buying a sailboat, firearms and ammunition before sailing to the island, murdering all the men there in a coup d’état and turning all the island’s women and children into sex slaves.
Combs’ office alleged the two men took concrete steps toward these plans by learning to speak the Haitian Creole language, recruiting others to join their plan and Thomas even enlisted in the U.S. Air Force to learn military skills for their invasion.
Weisenburg and Thomas could face life in prison if convicted of conspiracy to commit murder in a foreign country and another 15 to 30 years if convicted on child pornography charges. The case against them is currently under investigation by the FBI and the U.S. Air Force Office of Special Investigations.
Since the Haitian Revolution ended in 1804, the island nation has been a repeated target of foreign interventions, including from the United States, which occupied the island for 19 years starting in 1915.
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