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Due to new immigration laws, Karrigan might miss the ELEAGUE Tournament.
Astralis's IGL, Finn "Karrigan" Andersen posted earlier on Twitter that due to an expired ESTA (Electronic System for Travel Authorization) he will not be allowed to travel to the US and as thus will miss the ELEAGUE eSports Tournament.
Finn stated that the reason for this denial was the fact that, due to new US Immigration Laws which took effect on April 1st, you cannot travel to the US using an ESTA if you have travelled to Iraq, Iran, Syria or Sudan in the past 5 years.
The community manager of Astralis, PHedemark, posted a comment on Reddit, that the organisation will be trying to secure Finn a Visa tomorrow. He has also stated that these changes in laws are "rarely published anywhere" and because of this they had no clue that they needed to secure a Visa for the player.
PHedemark also stated that not only Karrigan, but Friis, Xizt, and MODDII, were also on the same trip as Finn to Iran yet were allowed to travel to the Major on their ESTAs.
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