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Fans and players from five African World Cup countries face $15,000 bond to enter US (www.theguardian.com)
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The US state department will expand the program on 2 April, which will require bonds from Algeria, Côte d’Ivoire, Senegal, Tunisia, and Cape Verde travelers

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[–] CombatWombat@feddit.online 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

The US intends to have the USMNT win the World Cup on home soil by hook or by crook (it won’t work):

It is unclear which entities, if any, will be exempt from the visa bonds. While Trump’s travel bans contains exemptions for athletes and officials participating in major sporting events like the World Cup, the visa bonds program contains no such exemption.