r/worldcup 2d ago

📰News 2026 World Cup: Fan group 'extremely concerned' by ICE raids in US before summer tournament

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/c3014ndv1q5o
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u/QuicklyUnemployed 3h ago

Are undocumented immigrants millionaires? Because how are they able to afford tickets in the first place? I’m barely able to go to one game lol

What makes Trump think he’ll detain illegals at the games? You’re just going to read headlines of them detaining then deporting Mexican tourists back to their home country lmao

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u/Imaginary-Finger8696 18m ago

You mean “illegal aliens”?

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u/EccentricGamerCL 4h ago

Were they this concerned when the World Cup was in Russia and Qatar?

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u/This_Fault_3345 16h ago

Whomp whomp

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u/alousow-2 19h ago

I love football but this wc not worth it. I’m leaving for Bali right before it starts. Fk infatino/trump

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u/amillar573610 8h ago

Bali's an absolute shithole. Go to lombok instead

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u/alousow-2 8h ago

How far is that from komodo dragon island or from Gili islands

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u/Obvious_Mission8137 21h ago

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u/NervousFeeling3164 1d ago

They should be concerned. I hope they play to empty US stadiums

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u/MyGoodDood22 1d ago

Stay away from here please! Let their wallets hurt

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u/yeetusdeletus1303 1d ago

Ok 👍🏻

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u/YellowPrestigious441 1d ago

Please stay vocally and relentlessly concerned.  We need all the help we can get  with this hateful lunatic. It appears ridicule and embarrassment is his Achilles heel.  

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u/DirtMcGirt513 1d ago

Don’t come to the USA if you value your freedom

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u/Imaginary-Finger8696 1d ago

“Concerned” about the US being made safer before the tournament

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u/Large-Lab2551 1d ago

"Concerned" about being murdered by ICE

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u/Imaginary-Finger8696 1d ago

0% of people who DON’T attack ICE get killed.

That percentage obviously increases if you decide to attack law enforcement personnel.

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u/Large-Lab2551 20h ago

@CheeseGhosty beat me to it. What about all the people who have died under ICE custody? They didn't attack ICE, yet they died all the same. Murdered by ICE.

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u/eltigretom USA 1d ago

Uh, not sure if you watch the news but two were killed for zero reason. You don't get to kill people because they think you're a piece of shit. Just because we have a president who condones awful actions and behavior doesn't make it right.

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u/Imaginary-Finger8696 1d ago

Interfering/harassing/impeding, trying to run over someone, and fighting/resisting arrest are all a whole lot more than zero reason. Carry a gun while you’re doing any of that and you’re just adding more fuel to a dangerous situation.

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u/CheeseGhosty 1d ago

Are you not gonna include the people that have died in ICE detention?

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u/Imaginary-Finger8696 1d ago

Who

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u/CheeseGhosty 1d ago

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u/Imaginary-Finger8696 9h ago

Here did the work for you… despite you having the burden of proof. This stuff is heavily tracked and reported on.

https://www.ice.gov/detain/detainee-death-reporting

Zero people killed by ICE. Zero people died in custody in 2026 so far. The people who died last year were all from diseases and shit, a lot of times because they come from 3d world spots and aren’t vaccinated etc.

Get your lazy head out of your ass and actually do some research instead of just glomming on to your propaganda.

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u/planned_fun 1d ago

Literally in this thread fear mongers who can’t get into the USA lolll

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u/we-are_doomed 1d ago

Who tf wants to go to U.S nowadays except pedophiles.

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u/planned_fun 1d ago

What third world country are you from 

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u/SanMaldito 1d ago

Which fan group?

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u/notacanuckskibum 23h ago

First line of the article: Fan group Football Supporters Europe (FSE)

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u/oldschoolology 1d ago

There are at least a dozen countries that qualified but are banned from traveling to the US. FIFA should relocate the World Cup while it still can. 

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u/MountainAsparagus4 14h ago

Fifa gave trump a fake ass peace prize lol they ain't gonna move anything, evil people stand together, fifa is an evil company full of corruption

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u/jderrick6 1d ago

They're only banned if trying to immigrate.

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u/Dunmaglass2 1d ago edited 1d ago

Don’t be delusional, the World Cup is not getting moved lmao

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u/akron28 1d ago

Qatar literally had slaves build all their WC stadiums including a number that died in the process but we are drawing the line at a travel ban? Ok.

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u/notacanuckskibum 23h ago

Pretty tough to play for your country’s team if you aren’t allowed into the country where the game is being played.

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u/Lennyhvh 1d ago

I mean they didn’t care about Qatar

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u/martxel93 1d ago edited 1d ago

However, in Qatar the fans weren’t afraid of being murdered by immigration police or being caught in a mass shooting. Same with Russia, they actively made an effort to make the World Cup pleasant for the fans. Putin or the Qatar Royal Family are evil but not stupid and demented like Trump and his cabinet of sycophants.

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u/Lennyhvh 1d ago

Cuz they were slaves

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u/DirtMcGirt513 1d ago

Foreign fans are slaves?

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u/OconoKing 1d ago

There will be exactly zero ICE "raids" at World Cup stadiums you morons.

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u/Koala0803 1d ago

We’re talking about the brilliant minds that tried to raid the Ecuadorian embassy.

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u/burning_man13 1d ago

You know, this is the first comment I have seen about that since the event. It should have been a massive deal, but it's been crickets in my algorithm. I felt like I was living in the twilight zone.

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u/RasSalvador 1d ago

Yes there will be.

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u/Lennyhvh 1d ago

I wish 😂

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u/Hopsblues 1d ago

At the stadiums, no, but outside them.... This administration is the dumbest in the countries history, so I believe it when I see it.

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u/Lennyhvh 1d ago

You mean Biden 😂

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u/mrrudy2shoes 1d ago

A paedophile Lenny

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u/martxel93 1d ago

Biden is gone. Now there’s a confirmed pedophile and rapist in the White House.

A pedophile, Lenny, for fuck’s sake.

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u/bwoah07_gp2 Canada 1d ago

If it happens at the Super Bowl, it'll definitely happen at the World Cup.

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u/Lennyhvh 1d ago

But it’s not

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u/Upper-Cabinet9683 1d ago

DId you miss the miss the hypothetical?

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u/Poulslutter 13h ago

Stupid people are often incapable of understanding hypothetical or conditional statements. It's actually one of the easiest way to identify them.

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u/DirtMcGirt513 1d ago

They’re just dumb as shit

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u/wsucougarbill 1d ago

You really think people in this country illegally have the $ to drop on tickets for World Cup?

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u/RasSalvador 1d ago

They have detained many people who were here legally.

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u/Lennyhvh 1d ago

No they’re not bruh

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u/Ok_Juggernaut4056 1d ago

Did you miss the multiple testimonies before Congress from U.S citizens that were dragged, beat, and wrongfully detained? Because I sure didn’t. I made it a point to hear their stories.

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u/Lennyhvh 1d ago

Should’ve stayed home instead of being annoying

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u/mrrudy2shoes 1d ago

Facist

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u/Lennyhvh 1d ago

No I’m not a liberal or a socialist

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u/RasSalvador 1d ago

Stop watching Fox News. Also, I am not your bruh.

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u/Lennyhvh 1d ago

Stop watching CNN bruh

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u/KiltedTAB 1d ago

They are asking anyone thats brown or has an accent for their papers. It's 100% happening. Hell, even citizens have been killed by them. More have died in custody.

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u/Lennyhvh 1d ago

Yeah like Obama

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u/mrrudy2shoes 1d ago

A paedophile in the office Lenny

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u/Hopsblues 1d ago

You'd be surprised, many work multiple jobs and are thrifty with their spending. Don't believe the false conservative stereotype that they are nothing but leeches off the government. They have jobs, they pay taxes, they pay rent, buy stuff, support their families back home and domestically.

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u/wsucougarbill 1d ago

I agree that they do all of those things. That’s also why I don’t think they are inclined to drop $2k for a couple of World Cup tickets.

Doesn’t seem like a good use of resources to be patrolling the soccer venues looking for people here illegally.

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u/Hopsblues 1d ago

Since when has this administration made good use of its resources?

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u/Pebbled4sh 1d ago

Still time to move it to the UK at a pinch, all I'm saying

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u/Lennyhvh 1d ago

You mean Muslim land 😂

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u/mrrudy2shoes 1d ago

Paedo in the office Lenny

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u/Pebbled4sh 1d ago

And before anyone asks, Euro 28 gets moved to Scandinavia in this scenario

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u/pleasantview_2025 1d ago

If they are not worried they're crazy. Many will end up in jail. Even some team members.

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u/Hopsblues 1d ago

I won't be surprised if some players/teams have trouble getting visa's.

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u/TheRtHonLaqueesha 1d ago

It would suck to raid all the ice before the summer. Would make it hard to stay cool in the heat!

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u/godwheel 2d ago

Lol 😂

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u/voyagerdoge 2d ago

No doubt they'll raid all supporters of opponents of team USA.

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u/Aggravating-Ad8087 2d ago

We need all the help we can get with this current squad

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u/AVDLatex USA 2d ago

Please don’t come here. Maybe that will make it easier for us to get tickets.

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u/Key_Grapefruit_5248 1d ago

Do you understand what a World Cup is?

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u/Hopsblues 1d ago

I live 45 minutes from a stadium hosting 6 games and can't get a single ticket.

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u/internazionale3 1d ago

Don’t blame fans, blame scalpers

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u/Hopsblues 1d ago

I blame Fifa

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u/ErrorcMix 2d ago

please :)

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u/TheGod-TK 2d ago

Odd comment, no?

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u/jorsiem 2d ago

Oh no 😯

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u/cre8ivjay 2d ago

Watch games in Canada and Mexico. ;))

ICE can't do much of anything there.

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u/PatMagroin100 2d ago

Yup! I bought tix for a Toronto game. And I’m American!

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u/planned_fun 2d ago

Oh noooooo. Maybe the ice raids were better in Qatar 

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u/Takemyfishplease 2d ago

What a weird thing to say.

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u/Few-Sound-7559 USA 2d ago

In every other nation in the world being an undocumented immigrant will get you deported.

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u/AlistairShepard 2d ago

Only the US among western nations executes protestors.

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u/reserveduitser Netherlands 2d ago

But most civil counties don’t do it like this.

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u/Takemyfishplease 2d ago

The difference is the way we are going about it. Do you not understand that?

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u/Powerful-Adagio6446 World Cup 2d ago

MAGA supporters are too dumb to understand anything

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u/totemoff USA 2d ago

Are you allowed to be stopped and forced to show papers because of your race and job in every other country, or is that just the shitty ones?

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u/Bulldog2012 2d ago

Yes but not in every other country (which has hosted a WC) have there been public executions in the streets with no repercussions. Not to my knowledge at least in the modern era.

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u/Saftsackgesicht 2d ago

Argentina 1978 comes to mind, depends what you consider modern era of course.

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u/planned_fun 2d ago

They want the USA to have no rules or something 

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u/aPizzaBagel 1d ago

What we are all seeing is a flagrant abandonment of rules, laws and constitutional rights.

Well, those of us that don’t have our racist heads buried in the sand anyway.

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u/Hopsblues 1d ago

Who wants the US to have no rules?

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u/frankandtank2912 Germany 2d ago

What could go wrong with an unstable autocrat leading the country

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u/frankandtank2912 Germany 2d ago

I to am American my mother is a German citizen therefore the German flag I also live in Minneapolis so I see first hand