Will Trump's goons use soccer matches to meet grisly deportation goals?

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

The FIFA Club World Cup begins on Saturday, with 32 soccer teams competing in 12 locations across the country in matches that will last nearly a month. That should feel like a terrific lead-in to the 2026 World Cup, which the United States will host along with Canada and Mexico. Instead, the Trump administration is using the tournament as another opportunity to terrorize immigrants.

On Tuesday, Customs and Border Patrol posted on social media that CPB agents would be acting as security for Saturday’s opening match in Miami at the Hard Rock Stadium.

“Let the games begin! The first FIFA Club World Cup games start on June 14th in Miami,” the post read. “CBP will be suited and booted and ready to provide security for the first round of games.”

What a nice, breezy way to make sure immigrants know that not only are they not welcome, but they will also be actively targeted! Of course, because everything this administration does is a shambolic mess, CBP later deleted the post. At the same time, Immigration and Customs Enforcement official told an NBC Miami affiliate that ICE would be there and that non-Americans need to bring proof of their legal status.

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/6/12/2327368/-Will-Trump-s-goons-use-soccer-matches-to-meet-grisly-deportation-goals

[Ponietz]

1. FIFA President Infantino doing business like Krupp's Steel in the 1930's

https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/45501143/fifa-club-world-cup-border-patrol-customs-routine-cbp|

[róisín_dubh]

2. Why the fuck

are taxpayer dollars going to CBP to play security?
I’m so glad I haven’t done my taxes this year (I live abroad and just have to file but the point stands)
I hope they move the World Cup, as much as it pains me, because I plan to travel to the US for a match or two, as it coincides with my nephew’s HS graduation.

[Wiz Imp]

3. No way to move the World Cup at this late date. Like it or not, the World is stuck with the US next year.

[Wiz Imp]

4. I don't think there will be significant people travelling to the US for this tournament.

The "club World Cup" is not that big a deal. The main World Cup is the one everyone cares about.

Of the 32 club teams in this tournament, 2 are from Mexico, 2 from Buenos Aires & 3 from Rio De Janeiro. Most of the rest are from Europe, with 3 from the US, 1 from New Zealand 4 from Africa, 2 from Eastern Asia and 1 each from Saudi Arabia & the UAE.

[Ponietz]

5. I read Infantino changed the qualification criteria at the last minute to get Miami into the tournament

So Messi can peddle more tickets

[Wiz Imp]

6. Not surprising