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NBA reached out to State Department in wake of President Trump’s immigration ban | ProBasketballTalk
NBA reached out to State Department in wake of President Trump’s immigration ban | ProBasketballTalk
The NBA’s primary concern was simple: If Deng or Maker traveled to Toronto for a game, or went to Africa as part of the NBA’s Basketball Without Borders program next summer, could they re-enter the country?
Deng came to this country at the age of five from the Sudan and has British citizenship, Maker played his high school ball in the USA and Canada and carries an Australian passport. Because of those facts their situation may be different from others trying to enter the country, but the NBA understandably wanted clarification.