Thou Shall Not Pass

It would take a rock-hard heart not to be moved by the plight of the Iroquois national lacrosse team, which has been frustrated in its efforts to attend the world championships in England. The team's members hoped to travel on passports issued by their tribal government, but the British have refused to recognize the documents—despite the State Department's written assurance that the athletes will, indeed, be let back into the United States.

Though we sympathize with the Iroquois, they really s...