Opinion: A little league heartbreak

✍️ Scott Simon 📅 August 02, 2025 12:00 AM 🕐 Scraped: October 02, 2025

Summary: The State Department denied one Venezuelan Little League team entry into the U.S., but allowed another. NPR's Scott Simon questions how the sports exemption to Trump's travel ban is being applied.

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The Senior League World Series championship, for Little Leaguers ages 13 to 16 from all over the world, is played today in Easly, South Carolina. But the Cacique Mara team from Maracaibo, Venezuela couldn't compete.

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