International trans athletes to be investigated for 'fraud' under Trump executive order
Source: The Hill
International trans athletes to be investigated for ‘fraud’ under Trump executive order
by Brooke Migdon - 02/05/25 12:41 PM ET
President Trump will sign an executive order Wednesday delivering on a key campaign promise to ban transgender athletes from girls’ and women’s sports, a directive that will also extend to trans athletes visiting the U.S. from abroad, a White House official said.
The order, which Trump will sign at a ceremony in Washington, will target visas issued to transgender professional and elite athletes traveling to the U.S. to compete in women’s athletic competitions. Among other events, the U.S. is set to host the Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles in 2028.
“If you are coming into the country and you are claiming that you are a woman, but you are a male here to compete against women, we’re going to be reviewing that for fraud,” an administration official told reporters Wednesday. They did not provide additional details about what fraud investigations will look like.
A fact sheet for Wednesday’s order obtained by The Hill says the Department of Homeland Security “will review visa policies to address males falsely asserting they are females when entering the United States to compete in women’s sports.” The State Department has similarly stopped issuing U.S. passports with “X” gender markers and suspended processing applications from Americans seeking to update their passports with a new gender marker.
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Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5128271-trump-executive-order-ban-trans-athletes/
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