Trump travel ban may hit MLB players from Cuba, Venezuela

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Source: Axios

11 hours ago


An expected travel ban by the Trump administration on more than three dozen countries could prevent some Major League Baseball players from Cuba and Venezuela from coming into — or leaving — the United States.

The big picture: President Trump could announce a travel ban as soon as Friday, under an executive order he issued on his first day in office.

The order set the stage for what could be an absolute ban on travel to the U.S. from Cuba and Venezuela.

Zoom in: Such a ban would mean that Cuban and Venezuelan major league and minor league baseball players with P-1 visas — non-immigrant visas for internationally recognized athletes and entertainers — could face new difficulties in the U.S., immigration lawyers say.

Without a special exemption, those players would have a hard time returning to the U.S. after games against the Toronto Blue Jays or after playing in winter baseball leagues in Mexico, Venezuela or the Dominican Republic.

Zoom out: Baseball players would be high-profile examples of the impact travel bans could have on people across the country.

"A blanket travel ban will tear families apart, weaken the economy and undermine America's leadership on the global stage," the Asian Pacific American Caucus, Congressional Hispanic Caucus and Congressional Black Caucus said in a statement.

"We cannot allow fear and prejudice to guide immigration policy and risk irreparable harm to our country's standing in the world."

Read more: https://www.axios.com/2025/03/21/trump-travel-ban-mlb-players-cuba-venezuela

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Ummm... oops!

And a bunch are from the Dominican Republic.

[Initech]

1. I'd rather just ban him, nothing of value would be lost.