House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries asks U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio to help ensure the mother of Cape Verde goalkeeper Vozinha can attend the team’s next FIFA World Cup match. Jeffries says he raised the issue with the State Department after Cape Verde played Spain to a 0-0 draw in Atlanta, with Vozinha contributing to the match. The reports note that Vozinha’s mother was not able to attend the goalkeeper’s World Cup debut because of visa problems. Jeffries repeatedly urges the State Department to take action to allow her to travel. In a later update, Jeffries says the mother has secured a visa and is expected to be reunited with her son in time for the next World Cup match. The outlets describe the matter as a consular/visa issue involving the U.S. government and a member of the goalkeeper’s family, with Jeffries acting as the intermediary between the family and the State Department.
Jeffries urges Rubio to help Cape Verde goalkeeper’s mother get visa for World Cup match
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries asks U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio to help ensure the mother of Cape Verde goalkeeper Vozinha can attend the team’s next FIFA World Cup match. Jeffries says...
- House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries contacts Secretary of State Marco Rubio about a visa for Cape Verde goalkeeper Vozinha’s mother.
- Vozinha’s mother missed his World Cup debut due to problems securing a visa.
- Cape Verde plays Spain in Atlanta, ending 0-0, with Vozinha playing in the match.
- Jeffries asks the State Department to take steps to help the mother attend the team’s next World Cup match.
- Jeffries later says the mother secures a visa and is expected to join Vozinha for an upcoming match.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said Wednesday the mother of Cape Verdean goalkeeper Vozinha has secured a visa to join her son ahead of the team’s next FIFA World Cup match. Jeffries wrote in a statement that he spoke to Secretary of State Marco Rubio and asked the State Department “to do everything in...
7 hours agoJosimar Dias, Cabo Verde’s goalkeeper known by fans as Vozinha, said his mother missed his World Cup debut because of problems securing a visa. The post Jeffries asks Rubio to help World Cup star secure mother’s visa to watch match appeared first on MS NOW.
22 hours agoHouse Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Tuesday urged Secretary of State Marco Rubio to ensure the mother of Cape Verde goalkeeper Vozinha can attend her son’s next FIFA World Cup match. Cape Verde on Monday played to a 0-0 draw in Atlanta against Spain, one of the pre-tournament favorites. That was in part thanks...
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