Questions are being raised about how the 2028 Summer Games in Los Angeles will be impacted by a new ban on citizens from 12 countries entering the United States announced this week by President Donald Trump.

The countries listed in the travel ban that is set to take effect Monday are Afghanistan, Myanmar, Chad, the Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen.

The presidential proclamation intended to protect the U.S. “from foreign terrorists and other national security and public safety threats” also calls for heightened restrictions on visitors from Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan and Venezuela.

There is an exception for “any athlete or member of an athletic team, including coaches, persons performing a necessa

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