In recent weeks, there is an issue in the athletics ecosystem that is being the main protagonist. Neither Diamond League nor tokyo World, all athletes (and especially athletes) of the world are talking about the change of regulations, which He will force demonstrating that he is a woman to participate in the women's category.
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One of the countries that has had the most controversial and problems with the participation of trans athletes in their sports is the United States, and the change in the White House has intensified control measures over this minority collective. But recently one step further has gone, since Donald Trump's government does not even want to step on American soil: the United States citizenship and immigration service announced that it has updated its immigration policy for Restrict the concession of visas to transsexual women who want to compete in women's sports.
Under the policy update, the USCIS will consider “the fact that a male athlete has been competing against women” as a negative factor in evaluating visa requests in categories such as O-1A for extraordinary skills, EB-1 green cards and EB-2 for highly qualified workers and exemptions of national interest.
“USCIS is closing the legal lagoon used by foreign male athletes, CUya only opportunity to gain elite sports is to change their gender identity and take their biological advantages against women “Said USCIS spokesman Matthew Tragesser. “It is a matter of security, justice, respect and truth that only women athletes receive a visa to come to the US to participate in women's sports.”
The measure is aligned with efforts of the Donald Trump government to regulate transgender participation in athletics and follow similar policies promulgated at the state level throughout the country, with cases such as Ab Hernández as one of the many examples throughout the US territory.
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The United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee updated its policy last month to align it with a decree signed earlier this year by Trump, an order called with a more than clear “Keep men out of female sports” which prohibits transgender women from competing in women's sports. Trump signed in February a directive that, according to his supporters, will restore equity, but that, according to critics, violates the rights of a small athlete minority.
