The confusion and uncertainty following President Donald Trump’s executive order on immigration extended into the sports world and in discussions about the Lakers this weekend.
Although several outlets speculated that the order could prevent Lakers forward Luol Deng from traveling abroad, the order is not expected to affect him.
Deng has dual citizenship with the United Kingdom and South Sudan.
Sudan is one of the seven countries from which immigration has been halted for 90 days, but South Sudan is not. While Deng’s birthplace was in the Sudan at the time of his birth, it is now in the country of South Sudan, and his citizenship is with South Sudan.