{"id":2446627,"date":"2025-06-12T17:02:02","date_gmt":"2025-06-12T21:02:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ice-and-border-agents-to-provide-extra-security-at-world-cup-in-miami\/"},"modified":"2025-06-12T17:02:43","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T21:02:43","slug":"ice-and-border-agents-to-provide-extra-security-at-world-cup-in-miami","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ice-and-border-agents-to-provide-extra-security-at-world-cup-in-miami\/","title":{"rendered":"ICE and border agents to provide extra security at World Cup in Miami"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fice-and-border-agents-to-provide-extra-security-at-world-cup-in-miami%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2446627&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Federal immigration authorities, including U.S.Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), will be present at the FIFA Club World Cup in Miami as a security measure starting this Saturday. While officials emphasize that thier role is to enhance security for attendees and not to conduct immigration enforcement, they acknowledge that guests may need to provide proof of legal status if they are not U.S. citizens.<\/p>\n<p>CBP plans to deploy approximately 60,000 personnel to monitor for criminal activity, manage emergencies, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/capitol-police-deny-congresswomans-request-to-open-capitol-hill-for-sledding\/\" title=\"Capitol Pol... Deny Congresswoman\u2019s Request To Open Capitol Hill For Sledding\">assist local law enforcement<\/a>. Concerns have been raised by advocates about the presence of immigration authorities, suggesting that it may deter individuals from attending the event due to intimidation over their immigration status.<\/p>\n<p>FIFA President Gianni Infantino reassured reporters that security for fans is the primary concern, and there have been no reported plans to check immigration status at the games. However,confusion persists regarding the messaging from CBP,causing worry among immigrant advocacy groups regarding potential overreach and possible intimidation at the event.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">ICE and border agents to provide security at Club World Cup<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2144914\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Federal immigration authorities will be on site at the FIFA Club <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/world-cup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">World Cup<\/a> in Miami starting this Saturday, but have maintained that they will be providing extra security for the event and not to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-gov-greg-abbott-says-state-will-build-its-own-border-barriers-if-biden-wont-address-immigration-crisis\/\" title=\"Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Says State Will Build Its Own Border Barriers If Biden Won\u2019t Address ... Crisis\">arrest illegal immigrants<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Federal police from the Department of Homeland Security agencies, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/customs-and-border-protection\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">U.S. Customs and Border Protection<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ICE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement<\/a>, will be at the soccer match to act as security back-up to local and state police as the Federation Internationale de Football Association&rsquo;s tournament gets underway this weekend through July 13.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/3331104\/trump-gold-card-program-immigrants\/\">What to know about Trump&#8217;s gold card program<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/3439510\/pat-fallon-tim-walz-ice-agents-trump-gestapo\/\">Pat Fallon rails against Tim Walz likening ICE agents to &#8216;Gestapo&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/3439029\/chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-push-back-ice-raids-dissent-matters\/\">Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson urges people to &#8216;push back&#8217; against ICE raids: &#8216;Dissent matters&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;U.S. Customs and Border Protection is committed to working with our local and federal partners to ensure the FIFA Club World Cup 26<sup>TM<\/sup>&nbsp;is safe for everyone involved, as we do with every major sporting event, including the Super Bowl. Our mission remains unchanged,&rdquo; a CBP spokesperson said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Some of CBP&rsquo;s 60,000 personnel will be on site at Hard Rock Stadium in downtown Miami, detecting and responding to threats from people who engage in fraud or criminal activity. They will act as emergency and incident management, enforce temporary flight restrictions around the stadium, and support security examinations of attendees and vehicles outside the stadium, according to CBP.<\/p>\n<p>CBP did not mention plans to check the immigration status of attendees at the games, though ICE has instructed guests to be ready to provide proof of legal status if they are not a U.S. citizen, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcmiami.com\/news\/local\/questions-raised-about-ice-and-cbp-agents-at-club-world-cup-games\/3634343\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">according to<\/a> NBC-6 South Florida.<\/p>\n<p>ICE and CBP were accused of deleting posts on X stating that their personnel would be &ldquo;suited and booted&rdquo; at the event. ICE did not respond to multiple requests for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Florida Immigration Coalition&rsquo;s Thomas Kennedy wrote in a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/tomaskenn\/status\/1932966087257436357\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">post<\/a> on Wednesday that the comments were concerning, given how the Trump administration has expanded its mass deportation operation recently to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >target noncriminal illegal immigrants increasingly<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The messaging that CBP is using is a bit cryptic, it&rsquo;s sort of alluding that people should have their paperwork in order to attend the games,&rdquo; Kennedy told NBC-6. &ldquo;It creates an environment where people are less likely to come watch the games because of just sheer intimidation.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>FIFA President Gianni Infantino&nbsp;told reporters at a press conference in Coral Gables, Florida, on Tuesday afternoon that he was not worried about it.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;No, I don&rsquo;t have any concerns about anything in the sense that we are very attentive on any security question. Of course, the most important for us is to guarantee security for all the fans who come to the games. This is our priority,&rdquo; said Infantino.<\/p>\n<p>Kennedy also claimed in a post to X this week that a boat transporting people from a Telemundo party celebrating one year until the World Cup was stopped and boarded by the Coast Guard.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They checked the immigration status of the staff on the boat. The mayor of Miami-Dade, FIFA officials, and Telemundo leadership were present,&rdquo; Kennedy wrote in a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/tomaskenn\/status\/1932971136507400228?s=46&amp;t=WCjN9b0p46x4JtDWW5vQBw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">post<\/a>, which has received 5 million views.<\/p>\n<p>The Coast Guard did not respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/3438093\/illegal-immigrant-mexico-charged-molotov-cocktail-los-angeles-riots\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT CHARGED WITH THROWING MOLOTOV COCKTAIL DURING LOS ANGELES RIOTS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The matchups come nearly a year since the chaos of the Copa America soccer tournament final at Hard Rock Stadium last July.<\/p>\n<p>Injured soccer fans who attended the game have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/nation\/injured-soccer-fans-file-lawsuits-over-copa-america-stadium-melees-and-stampede#:~:text=As%20the%20crowd%20built%20up,filled%20the%20stadium%20past%20capacity\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">sued<\/a> the stadium and South American soccer&rsquo;s governing organization, CONMEBOL, for not implementing an adequate safety plan for arriving fans, some of whom stormed the ticket gates and led to a stampede.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2144914\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2144914\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ICE and border agents will ensure security at the Club World Cup in Miami, focusing on safety rather than immigration enforcement<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2655,"featured_media":2446628,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/hard-rock-stadium-world-cup.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[57051,8364,10374,3646,47370],"class_list":["post-2446627","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-border-agents","tag-ice","tag-miami","tag-security","tag-world-cup"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/hard-rock-stadium-world-cup.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2446627","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2655"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2446627"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2446627\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2446631,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2446627\/revisions\/2446631"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2446628"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2446627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2446627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2446627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}