This week, the U.S. Coast Guard boarded a boat headed to a Telemundo party in Miami celebrating the one-year countdown to the 2026 World Cup.
It wasn’t a smuggling vessel. It wasn’t a drug bust. It was a corporate event—with FIFA officials, Telemundo executives, and the mayor of Miami-Dade on board.
And still, the government checked the immigration status of the staff.
Not guests. Not “criminals.” The workers.
This is the reality in the United States in 2025: you can be heading to a high-profile, sanctioned, press-covered celebration—and still be stopped and interrogated based on who you are, what you look like, or where you were born.
Let’s be clear: this is racial profiling.
This is fear and intimidation.
And this is the country that’s about to host the biggest sporting event on Earth.
On Friday, there’s a FIFA Club World Cup event in Miami.
But FIFA shouldn’t be hosting anything in the U.S. right now.
Because the United States is not safe.
It is not safe for immigrants.
It is not safe for workers.
It is not safe for anyone who might be profiled, detained, or deported just for existing in public space.
And when the government feels emboldened to check papers in front of FIFA, Telemundo, and Miami officials, it’s not a warning sign—it’s a declaration.
A declaration that cruelty is the point.
That this isn’t a glitch in the system—it’s the system working as intended.
FIFA, are you watching?
You cannot continue to profit off the labor, culture, and bodies of immigrants while turning a blind eye to state violence.
You cannot claim to stand for unity, celebration, and global connection while hosting your tournament in a country that polices brown workers in broad daylight.
You cannot pretend this is normal.
The U.S. is not ready for the World Cup.
And unless something changes, FIFA shouldn’t bring it here.
If this infuriates you—good. Now let’s do something about it. Share this post. Use your voice. Call it what it is: authoritarianism in plain sight.
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