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Trump immigration stance ‘clashes against reality of what is needed to stage a truly global event’
Americas
Award-winning Somali referee Omar Artan has been dropped from officiating at the World Cup after being barred from entering the United States. Speaking with FRANCE 24’s Mark Owen, Alexander Cooley, Claire Tow Professor of Political Science at Barnard College, explains that “we’re seeing the Trump’s administration adherence to hard-line immigration laws clash against the reality of what you need to stage a truly global event”.
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