Los Angeles 2028 Olympics organizers said Thursday the Games will not be impacted by President Donald Trump's ban on citizens from 12 countries from visiting the United States.
Casey Wasserman, chairman of LA28, the 2028 Olympics organizing committee, told a press conference the US government had made it "very clear" that Trump's travel directive would not apply to the Games.
Trump's travel directive announced late Wednesday bars all travel to the United States by nationals of Afghanistan, Myanmar, Chad, Congo-Brazzaville, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen.
Wasserman said, however, he was confident that all athletes and members of the Olympic movement would be free to travel to the United States in 2028.
"It was very clear in the directive that th