Immigrants wait for interviews at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Queens office in the Long Island City neighborhood of New York City on May 30, 2013. John Moore/Getty Images
WASHINGTONâU.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, the federal agency responsible for managing legal immigration to the United States, announced new immigration policies on Aug. 4 that are more restrictive for foreign athletes who identify as transgender.
The notice, issued by the agency, indicates that certain situationsâsuch as a male athleteâs history of competing against womenâwill be treated as a ânegative factorâ when measuring a foreign nationalâs meritorious achievements against criteria for certain immigration benefits, such as EB-1 and EB-2 immigrant statusâtwo classes of lawful permanent residencyâas well as O-1A non-immigrant status, which are issued to athletes of âextraordinary abilityâ with national or international acclaim.
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