Dennis Kasumba, an Ugandan orphan whose viral videos on Tik Tok and Twitter showcased his MLB dreams, has been denied a visa to come to the U.S.
, saw his dream of playing professional baseball frustrated again Friday when he was denied a visa to come to the U.S.
Kasumba’s previous visa requests were refused because he had been unable to prove he had close family ties that would compel him to return to, according to Joshua Williams, an Atlanta attorney with Taylor English Duma who has been working with Kasumba. Proving family ties has been difficult for Kasumba since the teenager never knew his father and his mother abandoned him when he was two months old.
No Ugandan has ever played in the major leagues; in fact, no one from the country had even played minor league baseball until last year when the
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