Several top Kenyans won't didn't get visas and won't be at the Trials. Maybe there is hope for Fisher. In actuality, I'm kind of joking as it looks like they might give one of them a wild-card.
Several top Kenyans won't didn't get visas and won't be at the Trials. Maybe there is hope for Fisher. In actuality, I'm kind of joking as it looks like they might give one of them a wild-card.
Several top Kenyans won't didn't get visas and won't be at the Trials. Maybe there is hope for Fisher. In actuality, I'm kind of joking as it looks like they might give one of them a wild-card.
You are probably not aware that there are several East Africans that have competed in the past 3-4 Pre meets that overstayed and simply quit athletics and are working illegally in the U.S. Two that I know of are living in the PacNW, one working at a liquor store and the other for a home health care agency. A third is living in AL working at a gas station. An Ethiopian from 2 years ago overstayed and lives in Brooklyn with friends. Not sure of his employment.
Thus, to answer Rojo, the State Dept is aware of this and they actually tracked down each athlete's agent. These athletes had B1/B2 visas, not corporate or attorney sponsored P1 visas. These recent athletes who just received their visas would have gotten B1/B2 visas.
Do these East Africans have names? I doubt that someone like Ebenyo would earn more working in a liquor store or whatever agency than he does as a professional runner. I can't recall anyone at his level of success ever doing that, at least in the years I've been following athletics. How big/prominent/successful were these East Africans you are talking about?
just to be clear, we don't have millions of illegal immigrants coming in each year, we have millions of encounters with illegal immigrants at the border. The number of illegal immigrants who actually make it past the southern border into the US is orders of magnitude smaller. Most illegal immigrants in the country today are people who came legally and are overstaying their visa. That's why we don't just give pro athletes visas all willy nilly.
The only 'illegal' immigrants who aren't turned away are those who claim they're seeking asylum. I put illegal in quotes because people seeking asylum are following a legal process, but the issue we're facing now is that people who are not actually seeking asylum are told they need to say they're seek asylum, and international law dictates that you have to process asylum seekers. This has caused our immigration courts to be backed up by multiple years, and the holding facilities where illegal immigrants would go to be processed are full, which is why the "catch and release" policy is in place. We literally don't have anywhere to put them.
The bipartisan bill that Trump told Republicans to back out on would have addressed these issues by capping the number of people who could enter, and by giving way more resources (border officers, asylum agents, judges, money) to the courts so they can work through the backlog we already have. It also would have effectively ended catch and release The cap was an average of 5000 encounters/day for a week, or 8500 in a single day. Again, it's not that 5000 people would be let in every day, it's that 5000 people max would be detained, processed and deported (or granted asylum if they qualified). The rest would just be detained and deported. It's my understanding that this would go against international law, but I mean, it's not like anyone would be able to stop us. This also wasn't a problem when the asylum process started.
* Miruts Yifter would take the lead with (900 to 300)m to go.
* Lasse Viren would take the lead with (900 to 300)m to go.
* Haile Gebrselassie would take the lead with (900 to 300)m to go.
* Kenenisa Bekele would take the lead with (900 to 300)m to go.
* Mohammed Farah would take the lead with (900 to 300)m to go.
In international 5000m & 10000m races, G Fisher believes he needs to stay in a pack until 100m to go. It never works out for him. I don't care who does or does not show up, G Fisher needs to take the lead with (1100 to 900)m to go.
Several top Kenyans won't didn't get visas and won't be at the Trials. Maybe there is hope for Fisher. In actuality, I'm kind of joking as it looks like they might give one of them a wild-card.
How do you Americans not allow these athletes in your country? You have hundreds of illegals everyday that are welcomed. It makes no sense whatsoever.
England wasn't allowing Russians in simply because they were Russians, USA and many other countries didn't allow Novak in simply because he didn't have the covid-19 vaccine despite it doing absolutely nothing to prevent transmission. Vetting process for a visa to the US is difficult but countries haven't allowed much higher profile athletes in for much more absurd 'reasons' (prejudices and not following the science)
Quite funny. I'd love to know from someone who works at the State Department what causes a pro athlete to get or be denied a visa. Anyone have a clue? Like considering we have MILLIONS of illegal aliens comign in each year, shouldn't we just give 100% of all pro athletes the visas?
But Ebenyo and Kiplagat getting the visas is kind of important as both of them are legit. Ebenyo won 10,000 and world half silver last year and is undefeated on the year while Kiplagat is 20 , won world xc bronze and ran 12:58 in China.
just to be clear, we don't have millions of illegal immigrants coming in each year, we have millions of encounters with illegal immigrants at the border. The number of illegal immigrants who actually make it past the southern border into the US is orders of magnitude smaller. Most illegal immigrants in the country today are people who came legally and are overstaying their visa. That's why we don't just give pro athletes visas all willy nilly.
The only 'illegal' immigrants who aren't turned away are those who claim they're seeking asylum. I put illegal in quotes because people seeking asylum are following a legal process, but the issue we're facing now is that people who are not actually seeking asylum are told they need to say they're seek asylum, and international law dictates that you have to process asylum seekers. This has caused our immigration courts to be backed up by multiple years, and the holding facilities where illegal immigrants would go to be processed are full, which is why the "catch and release" policy is in place. We literally don't have anywhere to put them.
The bipartisan bill that Trump told Republicans to back out on would have addressed these issues by capping the number of people who could enter, and by giving way more resources (border officers, asylum agents, judges, money) to the courts so they can work through the backlog we already have. It also would have effectively ended catch and release The cap was an average of 5000 encounters/day for a week, or 8500 in a single day. Again, it's not that 5000 people would be let in every day, it's that 5000 people max would be detained, processed and deported (or granted asylum if they qualified). The rest would just be detained and deported. It's my understanding that this would go against international law, but I mean, it's not like anyone would be able to stop us. This also wasn't a problem when the asylum process started.
You probably shouldn't try talking sense, reality, and actual facts to Rojo. It tends not to go over very well. (And obviously has zero effect on him.)
If this is a serious question, much greater probability of running fast than at altitude in Kenya. A lot of Kenyans, even though they've grown up there, run better at sea level than at altitude. If you look at the distance times from Kenyan Trials held there, the times are usually not that fast.
* Miruts Yifter would take the lead with (900 to 300)m to go.
* Lasse Viren would take the lead with (900 to 300)m to go.
* Haile Gebrselassie would take the lead with (900 to 300)m to go.
* Kenenisa Bekele would take the lead with (900 to 300)m to go.
* Mohammed Farah would take the lead with (900 to 300)m to go.
In international 5000m & 10000m races, G Fisher believes he needs to stay in a pack until 100m to go. It never works out for him. I don't care who does or does not show up, G Fisher needs to take the lead with (1100 to 900)m to go.
He tried that from even farther out last season at nationals in the 10,000. He died on the last lap, finished 4th, didn't make the World Championships team in that event.
Several top Kenyans won't didn't get visas and won't be at the Trials. Maybe there is hope for Fisher. In actuality, I'm kind of joking as it looks like they might give one of them a wild-card.
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* Miruts Yifter would take the lead with (900 to 300)m to go.
* Lasse Viren would take the lead with (900 to 300)m to go.
* Haile Gebrselassie would take the lead with (900 to 300)m to go.
* Kenenisa Bekele would take the lead with (900 to 300)m to go.
* Mohammed Farah would take the lead with (900 to 300)m to go.
In international 5000m & 10000m races, G Fisher believes he needs to stay in a pack until 100m to go. It never works out for him. I don't care who does or does not show up, G Fisher needs to take the lead with (1100 to 900)m to go.
Unless it turns out that he’s the best runner in the race, pushing from 900 to 1100m out, will backfire on him.
1) Over the final 1200m, 1972 Olympic 5000m final, Steve Prefontaine was in the lead a couple of times. He finished 4th;
2) Prefontaine died less than three years after said race. Prefontaine never had a superior Olympic performance.
For a U.S. citizen, leading a 5000m &/or 10000m from 1200m to go to 300m to go, too many U.S. 5000m &/or 10000m runners worry about being criticized as S Prefontaine has been criticized here. Pre went too hard with 1200m to go. [Not my opinion.]
