Markwayne Mullin defends decision to deny U.S. entry to Somali World Cup referee

About this episode

The episode discusses the denial of entry to Somali referee Omar Artan into the U.S. for the World Cup.

Somali referee Omar Artan was denied entry into the United States after getting selected to officiate at the World Cup.U.S. Customs and Border Protection confirmed Monday that a Somali national who was planning to referee in the World Cup had been denied entry after arriving to Miami International Airport from Istanbul on Saturday. The CBP statement didn't mention the person by name, but FIFA later confirmed it was Artan, who was the only World Cup referee from Somalia. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/today-explained--6659607/support . Don’t miss our latest episodes! follow us to stay updates with fresh news everyday. Let’s keep the support our podcast to serve update news entire the world!

Topics covered

• referee
• World Cup
• immigration
• sports
• Somalia
• U.S. Customs
• FIFA

Keywords

• Omar Artan
• World Cup
• referee
• U.S. entry
• Somalia
• FIFA
• Miami International Airport

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: U.S. Customs and Border Protection, FIFA

Places: United States, Miami International Airport, Somalia

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