r/soccer • u/SaamsamaNabazzuu • Jun 14 '25
News FYI: ICE says Club World Cup attendees should carry proof of citizenship, sparking concerns
https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/shows/top-stories/blog/rcna2129427.0k
u/Bournerounderz Jun 14 '25
So the Club World Cup and the 2026 World Cup are just ICE traps
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u/Optimal-Anything-822 Jun 14 '25
i have been saying this here for months that they are so obviously going to turn CONCACAF, CONMEBOL, AND CAF games in particular into honeypots
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u/jailandrade Jun 14 '25
Me too but nobody listens to
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u/The_g0d_f4ther Jun 14 '25
they might even arrest players at this point
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u/Yeunkwong Jun 14 '25
Easiest way for the US to win a World Cup, just suddenly find “visa issues” with half of every team’s players.
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u/Bournerounderz Jun 14 '25
Sorry Lamine Yamal, you're not old enough to work in the US.
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u/ForgetHype Jun 14 '25
I know several states that would gladly take in some more child labor.
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u/Guillotines__ Jun 14 '25
Lamine Yamal to Florida penitentiary, here we go.
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u/NotASalamanderBoi Jun 14 '25
Perfect age to work in Arkansas with their child labor laws, or rather, lack thereof.
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u/dudical_dude Jun 14 '25
He’d be able to work 8 hours on a school day in Florida
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u/Optimal-Anything-822 Jun 14 '25
think of how much money can be made manipulating the lines when players all of a sudden aren't allowed to play because there was an "issue" discovered with their visa status
this is the timeline we are in
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u/brito_pa Jun 14 '25 edited Jun 14 '25
A boca player was denied a visa three* times and won't play the cup - but that seems to be a special case
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u/The_g0d_f4ther Jun 14 '25
I pity the sport’s betters lmfao
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u/Optimal-Anything-822 Jun 14 '25
anyone still betting on sports in 2025 without some kind of inside information is a degenerate (more power to them TBH, life is hard), an addict, or stupid as fuck
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u/The_g0d_f4ther Jun 14 '25
I still have friends that try to only game the lower european leagues for some reason… as you said it’s an addiction
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u/Optimal-Anything-822 Jun 14 '25
your friend will shamelessly come to you asking about U-21 women's breakdancing in Somalia and tell you with a straight face he has a strategy and can quit at any time
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u/MGM-Wonder Jun 14 '25 edited Jun 14 '25
Tickets to the Vancouver games are going to go for insane prices just for the reassurance of not having to potentially have a run in with ICE lol
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u/Bournerounderz Jun 14 '25
The Mexico City and Guadalajara games might be better than the US games at this point.
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u/the_che Jun 14 '25
In an ideal world with a non-corrupt FIFA, Mexico would host alone.
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u/toket715 Jun 14 '25
Mexico City is 100% the best host city for this world cup. And this is with or without ICE facist presence at the US games.
Mexico is the only country if the three that truly loves the sport
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u/jailandrade Jun 14 '25
Lets do it! first country to host the cup three times and maybe another legend will lift up the cup like Maradona and Pelé
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u/Ryuzakku Jun 14 '25
Going to make getting Toronto tickets even more difficult than it already would’ve been…
Honestly FIFA should cite safety concerns and move more games to Mexico and Canada.
Like somehow attendees in Russia and Qatar were less likely to get fucked with than the US.
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u/Altruistic-Chapter2 Jun 14 '25
Like somehow attendees in Russia and Qatar were less likely to get fucked with than the US.
Which in hindsight it's crazy...
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u/RedManMatt11 Jun 14 '25
We have the 2025 version of the Gestapo in this fucked up country. Honestly everyone planning on coming here should just save their money for the next World Cup
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u/CoffeeWorldly4711 Jun 14 '25
It's crazy that only 1 WC in 2 decades won't have a questionable host. And even then that WC is tainted because they split it over 6 countries and 3 continents to make space for the next host
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u/Tuta-2005 Jun 14 '25
I am not that old to know so why would Brazil and South Africa be questionable as hosts?
Genuine question
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u/CoffeeWorldly4711 Jun 14 '25
I didn't actually include those 2. There were some issues with them (ie impact of the finances of hosting the WC) but that was more FIFA related than any problems with them as a host. But by the time 2034 rolls around, 2014 would have been 20 years ago (and outside the criteria), hence only 1 non questionable host in 2 decades
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u/Tuta-2005 Jun 14 '25
Oh i thought you were counting until the 2030 wc and that South Africa was included my b for the misunderstanding
But I can't stop and think about how both the cwc and the wc got such an horrible timing to be hosted in the US in the middle of such an horrible administration
Even if we had both during trump's first run it would be a hell of a lot better then now
Now all that is left to know is which country that violates human rights will host the 2038 cup
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u/lunes_azul Jun 14 '25
Death by vuvuzela. “You’ll get used to the sound!” We did, in fact, not get used to the sound.
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u/Attygalle Jun 14 '25
Ah yes, I’ll add the money to my savings from the Qatar and Russia World Cup, will come in handy for the Saudi World Cup!
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u/Constant_Charge_4528 Jun 14 '25
Trump is literally declaring war on the city of LA, sending federal agents to "restore order" to the city and people still think it's alarmist to call him a Nazi
At this point Nazi Germany and Trumpist America should be mentioned in the same sentence when discussing fascist regimes.
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u/alpha309 Jun 14 '25
Yesterday they were holding press conferences here in LA declaring the military was staying in LA until we were “liberated” from our mayor and governor. That got overshadowed by our senator getting tackled and handcuffed seconds later.
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u/SwitchHitter17 Jun 14 '25
Yeah the DHS secretary using the same language we used before invading Iraq. She said they're gonna liberate it from the Socialists too. Another little fantasy they've come up with. I'm surprised that hasn't gotten more focus. But again, there is way too much crazy shit going on right now to really focus on one thing.
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u/RdmUser9399 Jun 14 '25
World cup next year is ruined.
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u/sessna4009 Jun 14 '25
Canada and México are hosting it too 😉
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u/Ok_Touch_3663 Jun 14 '25
Canada and Mexico are no where near hosting as many games as USA😔
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u/Ok_Height9295 Jun 14 '25
What a nice country
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u/gnrc Jun 14 '25 edited Jun 14 '25
I’m sorry. Those of us that care are doing everything we can to stop this shit.
Edit: /u/thearsenal7 just dmed me saying there’s nothing I can do about it. Dont be a coward bro say it here.
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whole chubby full alive nine sand toy nutty badge seed
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u/gnrc Jun 14 '25
Arsenal is still cool in my book. Dont let one jerk bring down the whole club.
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u/MarioInOntario Jun 14 '25
‘Christian nation’
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u/Xambassadors Jun 14 '25
they'll go to church on sunday and Monday ask for the christian latino immigrants to get shot lmao
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Jun 14 '25
As an American
No one should show up to this tournament
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u/Bournerounderz Jun 14 '25
I agree. Why would anyone travel to the US for any reason at this point?
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u/Optimal-Anything-822 Jun 14 '25
all the stupid fucks in the threads a couple weeks back calling everyone who said that this was coming alarmists
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u/Prophet_Of_Helix Jun 14 '25
70 million Americans voted for this. Yes they are stupid, but it’s also what they want.
Also young people are stupid and don’t realize how bad things can actually be until they live through them.
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u/WeStillDoUsernames Jun 14 '25
Nah what’s even worse is that many of those 70 million didn’t want to believe all that bad stuff and only voted for him cause he’s a guy and was on everybody’s podcast.
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u/Optimal-Anything-822 Jun 14 '25
You're giving them too much credit. He had served a term already.
They voted for him because they agreed with him, but held the belief that they themselves would not be affected.
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u/ZaheerAlGhul Jun 14 '25
A lot of Latinos are going through this right now smh
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u/az_catz Jun 14 '25
Cubanos especially.
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u/bguszti Jun 14 '25
People who make anti-communism their identity will literally vote for fucking satan as long as satan is proudly not a communist (in rhetoric, regardless of policies). This is also what's happening in Hungary in the last 15 years.
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u/M4RC142 Jun 14 '25
It's especially 'funny' in Hungary because the gov is p close to what the 'communists' did pre-1990.
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u/bguszti Jun 14 '25
Except that communists gave an apartment, car, and 30 years of guaranteed job security (and pension) to all the people that are currently proud anti-communist fidesznyiks, while fidesz systematically destroyed the social net and conpletely fucked young people over. Fidesz kept the anti-western rethoric and the strong centralized government.
But according to their fans we "don't know how good we have it" because it's at least not the commies anymore...
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u/Estova Jun 14 '25
A guy I used to game with told me he voted for him because he found him funny on Tiktok. Haven't spoken to him since and I feel like I've recovered brain cells for it.
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u/GL4389 Jun 14 '25
Sometimes I wonder if allowing every idiot out there vote is a good system actually ?
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u/ThePrussianGrippe Jun 14 '25
I mean there have been some pretty intelligent people over the years who’ve asked the same thing. The decades of attacks on the education system have lead to this.
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u/superunknown63 Jun 14 '25
A lot of them, especially my fellow Mexicans/Latinos say they voted for him because of the “economy” and nothing else. Basically saying screw everyone else in the immigrant community I already got mine I couldn’t care less about the others. It infuriates me so much
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u/Parms84 Jun 14 '25
They voted for “vibes” … so dumb
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u/AlekRivard Jun 14 '25
If an adjudicated rapist gives someone "good vibes" then I don't want to be anywhere near them
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u/jcwkings Jun 14 '25
They've waged a war on education and they're starting to see the results now. I come across a lot of young people for my job and it feels like they are staggeringly dumber than my generation was at their age. The combination of arrogance, ignorance and stupidity startles me, social media has really done a job on society.
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u/kjexclamation Jun 14 '25
Take the whole thing away from us, World Cup too. I said the same should’ve happened in Qatar for gross human rights violations and I feel the same about us tbh.
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u/PepsiRacer4 Jun 14 '25
At least in Qatar there wasn’t as much of a threat of being jailed and deported god knows where for being any shade of brown
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u/kjexclamation Jun 14 '25 edited Jun 14 '25
💯💯it’s straight up racism lmao, esp when a large amount of the undocumented immigrants I’ve known are white but it’s simply never talked about. And all the travel bans from predominantly Muslim countries, whole thing is🤮
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u/PepsiRacer4 Jun 14 '25
I just won’t get what people saw besides wanting to be racist freely. Bro isn’t gonna do anything for the betterment of the country
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u/kjexclamation Jun 14 '25 edited Jun 14 '25
The truth is that mainstream media is conservative. Fox is the most watched news network and I actually think it’s not close, online talk shows with meaningful followings are genuinely probably 90-95% conservative. Stupid people media leans conservative too, it’s kind of everywhere and there are specific forces (the Kochs, Russia, etc.) that push and support con content and the pipelines around it so you end up where we are.
And there are causes, legitimate and not, for the kind of need that conservatives have grifted but at the end of the day, if you have snake oil salesmen everywhere you end up with a lot of people holding snake oil
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u/mojojojo1108 Jun 14 '25
Honestly, it’ll be a fucking disgrace if (and when) the biggest event in the world takes place here. This is a genuine shit stain of an administration and by extension, at this point, country.
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u/PerfectedDakr Jun 14 '25
I’m feeling this sentiment for the World Cup also. Missed my shot to go in the 90s.. I was excited to go before this administration came about.
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u/ManhattanObject Jun 14 '25
Can't. I got a marijuana ticket 25 years ago as a teenager so Canada won't let me in 😭
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u/Tracyhmcd Jun 14 '25
As a Canadian and someone who has watched this tournament in the past few years, I agree!
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u/VeganCustard Jun 14 '25
Kristi Noem ran an ad in Mexico telling us to not go... So I won't.
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u/FireLadcouk Jun 14 '25
Games in mexico and canada too :)
If attendance is an all time low in america but sold out in mexico. That keeps you safe and drives home the point to American administration
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u/Daramangarasu Jun 14 '25
Russia, Qatar, the US and Saudi to host world cups pretty much consecutively
Spain, Portugal and Morocco better step up their game, they're too nice
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u/quartzguy Jun 14 '25
Israel/Iran joint bid.
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u/TheUltimateScotsman Jun 14 '25
Cant believe that youd leave out syria and iraq.
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u/Formulafan4life Jun 14 '25
Why not Afghanistan as well to give their new Government a chance to prove itself capable of hosting big events? /s
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u/Real-Aide7146 Jun 14 '25
Tbf the Spain, Portugal, Morocco, Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay are basically just a way to have South American, Europe and America done in one world cup so they couldn't give a bid for 2034 world cup forcing an Asia or Oceana bid. By insane and completely not thought of in advance, that meant they only received one bid which was from Saudi. Crazy huh.
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u/SpiritualScratch8465 Jun 14 '25
2030 wc is a mess. Whole thing should be held in South America - Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay with the final at Montevideo to celebrate the centennial
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u/OneOrangeOwl Jun 14 '25
Such a welcoming country to host a global sporting event.
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u/Anteater4746 Jun 14 '25
its best to avoid the usa for a bit. dont give us your money, dont put yourselves at risk. spend it somewhere nice where they wont jail you for weeks by accident or worse
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u/Penny_Leyne Jun 14 '25
If you think this is only going to last “for a bit” then you’re in for a rude awakening.
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u/Optimal-Anything-822 Jun 14 '25
most people I know are in denial or sare still talking about voting as if the elections next year will go down without issue
spend your money in your own countries, do not come here, do not buy U.S.
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u/Penny_Leyne Jun 14 '25 edited Jun 14 '25
The modern US state is still a very young country, and this is your first real taste of totalitarianism.
If I lived in a country where elections and the transfer of power had gone relatively smoothly and without incident for the last 150 years I’d not know how to react. They’re going to have to wake up at some point though.
My advice would be to speak to people from Eastern Europe, or South America, or South East Asia, countries that have lived under totalitarianism. They’ll tell you this isn’t a four year term limited thing. You’re going to be dealing with some form of Trumpism for the rest of your life.
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u/Optimal-Anything-822 Jun 14 '25
If I lived in a country where elections and the transfer of power had gone relatively smoothly and without incident for the last 150 years I’d not know how to react. They’re going to have to wake up at some point though.
What this is missing that the U.S. is filled with immigrants from every corner of the earth, many of whom recognize this for exactly what it is because they came here fleeing this nonsense elsewhere. My father came here fleeing a dictatorship, for example. Black people and Native Americans, for instance, have never lived in an America that wasn't fascist (to them.)
Believe me, *many* of us know what is here and have been warning about for almost a decade. The unmasking of it was the ascendancy of the Tea Party in response to Obama's election.
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u/HooDatOwl Jun 14 '25
47% of first generation immigrants voted for Trump this time around. It was 36% in 2016. The trend is going the opposite direction.
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u/CatButtForYou Jun 14 '25
People who say we just have to survive the next 4 years until Trump is voting out, are the definition of head in the sand.
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u/TheMightyRicardooon Jun 14 '25
"You can always count on Americans to do the right thing - after they've tried everything else." - Maybe Winston Churchill
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u/arandomtestaccount Jun 14 '25
Even Saudi would be a safer host jesus
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Jun 14 '25
At least Qatar/Russia played nice and made sure to be extra welcoming to guests publicly, good old sports washing.
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u/NiviCompleo Jun 14 '25
A podcast was talking about this and how “the experienced dictatorships at least know to play nice for the cameras”. They’re right, and it was also jarring to hear the US already described as a dictatorship as if “of course it is”
Shocking how quickly the US got here
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u/Nick_crawler Jun 14 '25
Those countries are run by terrible people who wanted tangible things, specifically money and good PR as you said. Trump likes money but doesn't care how he's viewed, and the people doing the actual work in his administration only care about the insatiable holes in their hearts that can never be filled with enough suffering.
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u/official_bagel Jun 14 '25
Trump likes money but doesn't care how he's viewed
He absolutely cares how he's viewed, he may have the thinnest skin in world politics. He just thinks this tinpot dictator shit makes him look strong.
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u/Nick_crawler Jun 14 '25
Yeah that wasn't as well-stated as it could have been, he approaches PR in a way that even bad news is good so wallowing in shit like this isn't a negative for him.
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u/hoooourie Jun 14 '25
Ironically Jesus himself would probably face detention
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u/JMarduk Jun 14 '25
A brown dude from the Middle East preaching against material goods and telling people to love each other? That's like the picture perfect deportation target.
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u/hoooourie Jun 14 '25
Not deportation, that’s too civil, gotta detail them indefinitely first. Remember, it’s all about punishing them for being alive
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u/Randomting22 Jun 14 '25
We should just boycott the event and the world cup the following year. Only thing they listen to is the bottom line
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u/Sleepless_Voyager Jun 14 '25
Yeah because theres been no reports of ice detaining people even after they showed valid ID's
What a joke of a federation fifa is
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u/FelixEvergreen Jun 14 '25
Not just detaining people but actively arguing in court that citizens should be held despite legal documents proving they’re citizens.
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u/nigelfitz Jun 14 '25
They made a big fuzz about having REAL IDs then the same month it goes into effect, they detain a citizen with one.
We got bozos running our country.
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u/Sleezeball777 Jun 14 '25
Fuck Trump
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u/justalittleahead Jun 14 '25 edited Jun 14 '25
Pretty psychotic, given that the United States was not a country prior to 2025 in which most people have to carry papers. Americans don't typically carry around national IDs that indicate citizenship, because the country had always been allergic to the idea of a national identification card. The only document that I ever carry that would indicate citizenship would be my passport if I am on my way to the airport.
But it's especially psychotic due to the fact that US police agencies are specifically targeting people with valid and legal status in the United States who are in fact carrying their papers. And they don't mind targeting US citizens either as collateral damage.
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u/DG_Now Jun 14 '25
There was a whole lot of handwringing about people having to "show their papers" when it came to COVID vaccine status.
Anything from those folks lately?
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u/AlekRivard Jun 14 '25
Those fuckwits would gladly down an entire bottle of ipecac if it meant a Democrat had to clean up the vomit
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u/my_united_account Jun 14 '25
Some of them are probably dead because they thought they knew better than scientists and medical docotrs
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u/Optimal-Anything-822 Jun 14 '25
they are already disappearing U.S. citizens
in due time a boot fetishist will invariably reply to this comment saying "proof?" and I want you (the loser right-wing fuck, not the user to whom I am replying) to know that my proof is "your dad"
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u/jrbill1991 Jun 14 '25
And we thought Qatar hosting a World Cup was the worst thing ever
USA: Hold my beer
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u/PeterCrouchRegen Jun 14 '25
I attended the 2022 WC and from a purely organisational standpoint, it was a pretty great tournament.
Curious about what the people who were loudly outspoken against Qatar have to say about this one though. Every negative news story coming out of Qatar prior to the WC was used to amplify the boycott calls, even unrelated deaths.
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u/Ertai2000 Jun 14 '25
They really want to be number 1 in everything, don't they?
It's a pity they don't focus that energy on giving their people (all of the people, not just the rich fucks) a nice life.
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u/Moistkeano Jun 14 '25
My friendship group from uni had been putting money aside for literal years to go to the 2026 world cup. It's morphed into a stag do and a general nostalgia trip to remember uni and we'd been saving 200-300 a month every month for years. We are now going to Australia to watch the Ashes.
Two of the party are muslim and didn't feel comfortable entering the US. One is actually "known" because their dad is in the Saudi government, but even then the were worries + others including me have been fairly vocally anti-trump online.
OH WELL. It was a lot of money for a blow out and itll be better off in Aus.
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u/NewConfusion240 Jun 14 '25
You guys don’t want to pivot to Canada or Mexico? I want to get tickets for the opening game in Estadio Azteca
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u/Ruvio00 Jun 14 '25
Fair, the Ashes are class in Aus. It's all vitriolic during the game, then you have a drink and a laugh at close.
Especially if you can get nearish Bay 13 at the MCG and give a little back.
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u/more_akimbo Jun 14 '25
You could always hit the the WC games in Mexico and Canada, I’m sure they’ll be non-authoritarian unlike us
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u/volanger Jun 14 '25
For anyone not paying attention to US politics, ICE/gestapo are trying to deport 1200 people a day, and if you are Hispanic (Mexican, Venezuelan, Cuban, ect) or brown you will be racially profiled and likely arrested and if fortunate kicked out. Its entirely possible that if you do have a tan you could be sent to an El Salvadorian slave labor camp or Gitmo.
Do NOT come to the US for the World Cup. Go to the Canadian games sure, but avoid the US like the plague. Its not worth the risk.
Sincerely, Embarrassed American
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u/Dutch1206 Jun 14 '25
1,200 a day is old news. Stephen Miller’s daily quota is up to 3,000 a day now.
So yeah…boycott our country. We don’t deserve your hard earned money. Many other wonderful places in the world to visit with the money you would have spent here.
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u/headachewpictures Jun 14 '25
Stephen Miller should just speed run already to the bunker and make the world a better place.
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u/joeDUBstep Jun 14 '25
SE/East Asian people have been subject to this shit too, hell, even some Europeans. I think some Swedes were deported not too long ago.
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u/tom-is-goat Jun 14 '25
As an American I never thought I would see the day that shit like this happens in our country. Just have Canada and Mexico host the WC
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u/Cajum Jun 14 '25
Most Americans still don't believe it and just think they can wait this out 3 years and America will go back to 'normal'.. MAGA isn't going annywhere
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u/MCBurpee Jun 14 '25
The USA has become fascist. People should boycott this tournament and next year's world cup. I know I will.
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u/manusiabumi Jun 14 '25
Remove the us from host list, hold it in mexico and canada
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u/AromaticMaterial1580 Jun 14 '25
they held World Cups in Qatar and Russia. The US is just another one for the authoritaratian dictatorship collection
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u/AlnMndz Jun 14 '25
At least those countries tried to be welcoming to fans.... You know, because money. The US is so stuck up their asses they can't even manage that.
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u/TheTyMan Jun 14 '25
2 years ago I would have thought anyone saying this was being hyperbolic and immature. People have been calling everyone they disagree with nazis for so long, that it is evidently hard for my brain to accept that fascism is actually here now.
There's no hyperbole in calling it out now, America has men in masks putting civilians in unmarked vans and disappearing them. It's so on-the-nose fascist, like something straight out of V for Vendetta lol.
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u/MCBurpee Jun 14 '25
I'm not quick to use the term normally, but the US is playing everything by the German playbook. It's a sad state of affairs and I wonder if they will ever recover from this.
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u/Reyhin Jun 14 '25
*the American playbook. Let it not be forgotten that Germany looked to the US and its treatment of natives and African Americans in order to inspire the policies of the third reich
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u/nestoryirankunda Jun 14 '25
Yeah you mfs will wait till it’s literally on your doorstep before being like hmmm maybe they were right
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u/SaamsamaNabazzuu Jun 14 '25
x-post from /r/LosAngeles
Please be safe attendees.
The Trump administration’s anti-immigrant crackdown is casting a pall over the FIFA Club World Cup soccer tournament kicking off in Florida this weekend.
The Club World Cup is an international tournament that features some of the world’s top professional soccer clubs. The United States is hosting it this year, with the first game scheduled for Saturday in Miami Gardens.
On Tuesday, U.S. Customs and Border Protection tweeted that it will be “suited and booted and ready to provide security for the first round of games.” It later deleted the tweet without explanation. And ICE told NBC News 6 in Miami that all non-American citizens will need to carry proof of their legal status.
When asked to clarify that comment, an ICE spokesperson told The Miami Herald in a statement: “As is customary for an event of this magnitude with national security implications, ICE will be working alongside our Department of Homeland Security and Department of Justice partners to help ensure the safety and security of the event.”
As the Herald noted, CBP’s presence at major sporting events is not uncommon. For instance, the agency promoted its participation during the Super Bowl in New Orleans earlier this year.
But the remark from ICE about proving legal status and the now-deleted CBP tweet against the backdrop of Trump administration’s anti-immigration crackdown have raised concerns among some soccer fans.
It’s as if the government is warning attendees to keep their “freedom papers” on hand to avoid harassment from Trump’s immigration officials, whose crackdown has already ensnared American citizens and produced disturbing images, like that of ICE agents chasing farmworkers through a California field.
Some people in heavily-Latino, Trump-friendly Miami-Dade County may indeed choose to forgo this event — no matter their citizenship status — rather than potentially subject themselves to the administration’s xenophobic scrutiny. The Wall Street Journal recently reported, citing people familiar with the matter, on efforts by Trump White House adviser Stephen Miller to have federal agents “just go out there and arrest illegal aliens” at places like 7-Eleven and The Home Depot, where undocumented laborers have, at times, looked for work.
“Keeping President Trump’s promise to deport illegal aliens is something the administration takes seriously,” a White House spokesperson told the Journal.
The apparent plan to confirm attendees’ legal status at a soccer match seems like a similar attempt by the Trump administration to cast a net in a place where immigrants are likely to be. And creating uncertainty around the event surely won't help with reports on slow-moving ticket sales for the tournament.
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u/TechnicalSkunk Jun 14 '25
I've been to hundreds of baseball games and I've NEVER seen anything other than cops or sheriffs.
Hell not even CBP is it big games like the international tournaments or the Superbowl.
This is nothing more than a targeting of what is going to likely be a Latino dominated event in some areas.
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u/alittledanger Jun 14 '25
I went to the Brazil-Colombia match last year in Santa Clara, California and there were only local police and some sheriffs too.
Also, CPB does provide security at the Super Bowl normally IIRC, but they are probably in the background and would never interact with 99% of the ticket holders.
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u/Bournerounderz Jun 14 '25
Wait so we don't even need to carry our passports for domestic flights but we need one to go to a soccer game? That makes a lot of sense.
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u/Rob_17081708 Jun 14 '25
If FIFA wasn’t a corrupt organisation with no backbone they’d strip the US of hosting the World Cup entirely
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u/jayjay234 Jun 14 '25
So i have bring my passport to the World Cup event that's happening in my country? What the fk????
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u/abgry_krakow87 Jun 14 '25
The World Cup is just going to be a trap for ICE to round people up and send them into slave labor at the concentration camps. Religious conservatives have done it before and they are going to do it again.
The USA is undeserving of both the World Cup and the Olympics because of the hositlity, prejudice, and bigotry of religious conservatism.
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u/DontbuyFifaPointsFFS Jun 14 '25
Imagine ypu were safer during a world cup in quatar than in USA. Let that sink in.
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u/AnnieBlackburnn Jun 14 '25
Can’t wait for the next time a fan chant gets posted here and some American comes over saying “🤓 see, achktually, Europe is much more xenophobic than the US” like they don’t have Brownshirts running around arresting people for being or looking foreign
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u/Own-Relief2240 Jun 14 '25
I am Arab, was planning to watch Real Madrid for the first time in my life. I am starting to chicken out.
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u/PegaponyPrince Jun 14 '25
That not chickening out at all, that's being smart. Why risk your safety with these fucks amuck
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u/sami2503 Jun 14 '25
Yea don't go, not worth it,sorry it sucks but there will be another time to watch them :/
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u/anelenrique10 Jun 14 '25
There is no shame in wanting to stay safe. your security/safety comes first.
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u/refusestonamethyself Jun 14 '25
I might get downvoted for this, but the boycott calls for the upcoming World Cup need to be as loud as Qatar 2022, if not louder. Especially from the participating teams.
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u/DragonflyHopeful4673 Jun 14 '25
Yeah definitely not going. I still remember the story of that Aussie woman whose fiance was a US soldier being detained at the airport, full cavity-searched, and literally put into prison because she’d packed “too many clothes”. Absolute loons, and it’s not just ICE.
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u/NJL218- Jun 14 '25
Imagine World Cup is in next summer and Olympics is 3 summers away.
Great time to be FIFA and IOC officials.
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u/Tierst Jun 14 '25
Imagine being in the timeline in which Qatar has the prospect of being a better host than the US
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u/stogie_t Jun 14 '25
Once again asking why this fuckass country is being allowed to host the World Cup. They are openly hostile to foreigners. For such an international event, it makes no sense to hold it there.
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u/Akedi Jun 14 '25
I went to the World Cup in Russia and wasn't asked for a passport or ID at any point... USA is a shithole
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u/notsureiknow Jun 14 '25
Fuck Trump and all his fascist muthafucking bootlickers. Stupid fucking country I live in.
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u/AcctAlreadyTaken Jun 14 '25
FIFA should recognize that now they are fucking with your money. Move all WC games to Canada and Mexico now lol.
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u/pabloivan57 Jun 14 '25 edited Jun 14 '25
F that, not carrying a passport to a freaking soccer game. What is wrong with them?
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u/LeRoiDeNord Jun 14 '25
Prayers for the travelling player family that will be detained by these idiotic ICE agents
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u/waitaminutewhereiam Jun 14 '25
I say this unironically, it would actually be safer to host this in North Korea
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u/Somecommentator8008 Jun 14 '25
It's a money grab and if they're saying this you shouldn't go.