The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is set to update visa policies to prevent the “entry of male athletes seeking to compete in women’s sports”, as the Trump administration continues its campaign to roll back trans rights.

The Department for Homeland Security issued guidance on Monday (4 August) to “support and align” with Executive Order 14201, “Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports”, and vowing not to issue “extraordinary ability” visas to trans women athletes.

The executive order, signed by Donald Trump in February, described trans women’s involvement in female sports as “demeaning, unfair and dangerous” to women and girls.

The directive laid out that the policy of the US government was to “rescind all funds from educational programmes that deprive women and girls of fair

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