What a mess!!! England is not going to issue visas if the team members do not carry US passports because the US said it will only allow players back into the country if they have passports. Iroquois team members born within the US have been offered US passports but the players refused to carry them because they see the government-issued documents as an attack on their identity. Apparently, the Iroquois have their "own" passports but they do not meet the new "Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative" rules.

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One Iroquois player, Brett Bucktooth, said he would rather miss the tournament than travel under a U.S. passport.


Kris Hathaway