U.S. authorities have blocked the star of acclaimed Guatemalan LGBTQ drama José from entering the country in the run-up to the film’s release in New York and Los Angeles.
The latest example of president Donald Trump’s aggressive policy on travel restrictions and in particular his stance towards people from south of the border comes as Los Angeles-based distributor Outsider Pictures says it is running out of options to bring Enrique Salanic into the county to promote the film.
Efforts to bring Salanic to the Trump’s America have proved fruitless after the Trump embassy in the central American country twice rejected non-immigrant visa applications on behalf of the actor.
The embassy argued Salanic, who lives with his parents in Guatemala, could be a flight risk were he to enter the U.S. as he does not have a residence in the central American country, screendaily.com reports.
