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The White House sidestepped a question about why it continues to let untested and unvaccinated illegal immigrants into the United States while tennis star Novak Djokovic is not allowed to enter to play in this year's U.S. Open.
Fox News correspondent Peter Doocy questioned the Biden administration about the paradox during Monday's news briefing.
"How come migrants are allowed to come into this country unvaccinated, but world-class tennis players are not?" he asked White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre.
"The U.S. government cannot discuss the details of individual visa cases. Due to privacy reasons, the U.S. also does not comment on medical information of individual travelers as it relates to this tennis player," she replied.
Djokovic, the 2022 Wimbledon champion, will miss the U.S. Open over his refusal to get vaccinated.
Jean-Pierre deferred the question to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which she said has its own protocols, saying, "It's two different things."
White House says unvaccinated migrants allowed in US and tennis player who isn’t are 'two different things’
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre sidestepped a question about why unvaccinated migrants are allowed in the United States and others aren't.