Overview
- Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said in a CBS News interview that ICE will be on site for World Cup security and that arrests could occur for serious offenders, not mass roundups.
- DHS has offered ICE personnel to local police and federal partners for perimeter duties at stadiums, and officials say assigned agents will not screen spectators or workers for immigration status.
- No agency-wide directive bars arrests at venues, and internal guidance has not told enforcement teams to avoid World Cup stadiums.
- Confusion persists at the local level after Miami’s host chair cited Senator Marco Rubio in saying ICE would not be at that stadium, while immigrant-rights groups demand a binding moratorium and clear rules covering stadiums, fan zones, transit hubs, and hotels.
- Advocates warn the presence of ICE could keep some fans away, pointing to recent deployments at airports and military graduations that led people to skip events, even as DHS says lawful visitors have nothing to worry about.