Various media outlets obtained a cable from Secretary of State Marco Rubio to the field on President Trump’s Executive Order 14201, “Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports.” The cable discusses visa adjudication procedures related to sex assigned at birth and “[t]alking points for use with affected applicants.”
Although the cable focuses on sports, commenters have noted that it is worded more broadly. Transgender attorney Alejandra Caraballo said, “This document does not set a limitation on the implementation of finding material fraud in asserting a gender marker different than the one assigned at birth. Consular officers could implement this on any and all visitor, immigrant, and nonimmigrant visa applications.”