US EditionSan Francisco Giants Outfielder Jung Hoo Lee Detained by Immigration Agents at LAX Airport, Team Confirms
Jung Hoo Lee was detained for about an hour at LAX over missing travel documents before being released, enabling him to attend the Giants FanFest, officials said.
- Wednesday night, CBP detained San Francisco Giants outfielder Jung Hoo Lee at Los Angeles International Airport and released him around 6:30 p.m.
- CBP detained Lee after officials found missing travel documents because he left them in South Korea, and Scott Boras said, `I think he just forgot one of the documents.`
- Pelosi's office said it worked with federal agencies and the Giants organization, coordinating with federal liaisons for about an hour before Lee was released.
- Officials said the matter was clarified and Lee was cleared to travel to the Bay Area and will appear at the FanFest at City Center Bishop Ranch, San Ramon on Saturday with Tony Vitello.
- Foreign players have long faced visa-related delays, and Lee's case highlighted that pattern amid recent denials for Ethiopian runners and a Venezuelan teen baseball team before spring training on Feb. 10 and Feb. 15.
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Giants outfielder Lee Jung-hoo momentarily held at LA airport due to paperwork issue
Lee Jung-hoo, the Korean outfielder for the San Francisco Giants, was momentarily detained by U.S. Customs and Border Protection after arriving at Los Angeles International Airport on Wednesday (local time) over a paperwork issue, the major league club said. According to the Giants, Lee "experienced a brief travel issue" in Los Angeles due to a paperwork issue" but was eventually allowed to enter the United States. "The matter was quickly clarif…
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Giants' Lee briefly detained at LAX over paperwork
The Giants' Jung Hoo Lee was briefly detained at LAX on Wednesday because he didn't have the proper documents to get through customs, but the matter was "quickly clarified" and he was cleared to travel, the Giants said.
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Giants OF Jung Hoo Lee stopped briefly at LAX because of missing travel documents, AP source says
By JANIE McCAULEY SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco Giants outfielder Jung Hoo Lee was briefly stopped at Los Angeles International Airport on Wednesday when arriving from his home in Korea ahead of the start of spring training next month because of missing paperwork. Lee didn’t have the proper documents to get through customs but everything was sorted out and he is now in the U.S., according to a person with knowledge of the situation. The per…
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