Fifa has been urged to encourage the American government to reverse its immigration policies ahead of the 2026 World Cup and has been warned that football’s governing body risks being “used as a public relations tool to whitewash the reputation of an increasingly authoritarian government”.
In an open letter to Fifa president Gianni Infantino, 90 leading civil society organisations highlighted what it called “a series of repressive executive orders and enacted policy changes that violate both U.S. and international human rights law” by President Donald Trump’s administration which could impact visitors to the United States next summer.
