United States immigration and border agents will be deployed at venues hosting FIFA Club World Cup games when the tournament kicks off this weekend, a US media report said Wednesday.
NBC televisions Miami affiliate reported that members of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement ICE along with US Customs and Border Protection CBP would be on duty at Saturdays opener between Lionel Messis Inter Miami and Egypts Al Ahly.
The report cited a CBP post on social media since deleted that said agents would be on the ground during the first round of games in the tournament.
Let the games begin! The first FIFA Club World Cup games start on June 14th in Miami, the post on X read. CBP will be suited and booted and ready to provide security for the first round of games.
ICE raids carried out in Los Angeles last week as part of President Donald Trumps immigration crackdown have triggered angry protests in the city.