Trump’s Travel Ban Could Impact Sudanese Players Attending American High Schools

Posted Feb 1, 2017
Deng Gak plans to return to his home in Australia over spring break at Blair (N.J.) Academy in March, but as someone who is Sudanese he needs to know exactly how the new Trump travel ban will impact him. “I’m going to do my due diligence before I put him on a plane at spring break, I can tell you that,” Blair Academy coach Joe Mantegna said Monday by phone. (Zag's Blog)

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