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Amnesty warns of 'serious risks' to certain fans during 2026 World Cup

A federal agent watches as police officers respond to a protest at a warehouse purchased by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for use as a detention center, in Salt Lake City, Utah, US 18 March, 2026. REUTERS - Jim Urquhart

Human rights campaign group Amnesty International warned on Monday that certain fans travelling to the United States, Mexico and Canada for the World Cup face serious risks from immigration and customs officers (ICE) as well as border guards (CBP).

In the report Humanity Must Win: defending rights, tackling repression at the 2026 Fifa World Cup, Amnesty says neither World Cup organisers Fifa nor the US authorities have provided any guarantees that supporters will be safe from ethnic profiling, indiscriminate raids, unlawful detention and deportation.

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