Human Rights Watch and the Sport & Rights Alliance -- World Cup: FIFA Sponsors Should Back an ICE Truce
It is time for the World Cup! And the world is watching
The FIFA Men’s World Cup partners and sponsors should join calls for an “ICE Truce,” a public commitment from United States officials to refrain from immigration enforcement operations at all World Cup events and venues, Human Rights Watch and the Sport & Rights Alliance have said.
The 2026 World Cup begins today in the US, Canada, and Mexico, comes during a increased immigration enforcement efforts of the Trump administration. "In May and June, human rights organizations, fan groups, and unions wrote to 19 companies asking them to urge FIFA and the US government to support an ICE Truce, to mitigate risks to fans and workers posed by the US government’s immigration policies."
