The other face of possible prohibition of Trump to travel from Venezuelans: Will baseball players of the MLB be affected?

Everything is ready to give the voice of «Play Ball» in the big baseball leagues, or Major League Baseball (MLB) of the United States. March 27 will be inaugural matches and, as always, foreigners nourish most teams. However, a Donald Trump decision could affect this season.

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This is the possible announcement on the prohibition of admission to the United States for citizens of certain countries, known as a Travel Ban. Among those nations was Venezuela and Cuba, where a large part of the players comes from, both in minor and older leagues.

Several media in the United States have reported on the plans of the Republican Administration, whose ban would be extended to Afghanistan, Iran, Libya, North Korea, Somalia, Syria, Yemen and Bután, which means that no citizen of those nationalities can enter the United States.

The medium USA Today reported that Trump ordered officials to identify and potentially expel citizens from the mentioned countries, even if they entered during the administration of Joe Biden.

How would the major league baseball players affected?

This could then affect the players, who are in the country or enter it with P-1 visas (non-immigrant visas for internationally recognized athletes and artists), although we would have to wait for the measure that, if specified, perhaps allow a special permit for them.

For years, the MLB has imported players and practically in Venezuela, it is a dream for any prospect to be «signed» in the United States, not only because it represents an opportunity but because the juicy income allows them to get out of poverty, because most athletes are of very low resources.

They constantly viralize in networks videos of youngsters that call their mothers by phone and warn them that they were already «signed» by some American team.

In Caracas gyms, it is common to see these «chamos» to train strongly, as indications of their managers and according to the position they play in the diamond.

Only in the «Spring Training» 2025 were 147 Venezuelan baseball players above 132 last year. Specialized media in sports believe that the number could increase if clubs invite more players.

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