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Visa Delays Could Hit World Cup & Olympics

February 3, 2025
Delays in securing visas threaten to drain millions from LA as they host the 2026 World Cup and 2028 Olympics.
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Donald Trump is cock walking the World Cup.
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brother, we need this.
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We needed the World Cup to be here too.
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It's gonna happen, but look,
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so we had a 2026 World Cup,
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right? And then the 2020 Olympics just right around the corner
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but with the Trump administration focusing on national security.
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They've enacted stricter security checks for visas,
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so they're slowing down the process which is already very backlogged,
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and it's not right for the amount of people that are gonna
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want to come in for these events,
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right? But luckily FIFA is promising to keep things smooth.
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I don't know, dude,
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by the looks of it right now.
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Well, yeah, because actually visa wait times right now are
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like 330 days in some of these embassies.
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So already a year out and with this thing,
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maybe who knows, 2 years.
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Brother, think of all the money the country like could make
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if like some of the World Cup games are hosted here at
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the Olympics,.
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Think about it. Yeah,
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it's like the homeboy is all about,
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you know, helping the American economy and stuff and jobs.
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It's like, yeah there you go.
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There's a lifeline right there too,
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you know, but like just to put things into perspective,
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right? Just the World Cup alone is supposed to bring in
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180,000 visitors and around $600 million to LA,
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just LA alone, and we're only hosting 8 of these games
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from the World Cup.
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So imagine just the rest of the country,
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right? It's like Texas,
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I believe, Miami,
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Jersey. So again.
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It's it's a bigger picture than this.
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Oh, for sure,
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but you know, speaking about the city of LA,
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you know, we need all the help we can get,
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especially right now. We need this's gonna be rebuilding and again
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they wanna be ready to host these people and I don't know
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This is a big opportunity.
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But look, so tickets are dropping in late 2025,
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so there's still some time to sort this out,
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and politicians are even urging Trump to fast track the process so
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people can actually show up to these events.
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But, you know how homeboy,
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if he's a little,
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little terco,,
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some, you know,
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he's a little, a little,
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exactly, no, he's very,
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hardheaded. Let's leave it at that,
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so. But this whole situation,
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you know, this whole situation is hella messy,
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messy, you get it?
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All right, all right.
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So again, hopefully there's something happens that works out because this
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is not looking good.