Officials lay out ICE's role at Los Angeles World Cup plans, announce boosted security for Iran games

Members of Immigration and Customs Enforcement volition beryllium staffed successful Los Angeles during the World Cup but volition not beryllium actively detaining overseas travelers, Los Angeles ​County Sheriff Robert Luna said this week.

ICE's beingness astatine World Cup games has been an ongoing discussion, particularly successful Los Angeles, to the constituent that SoFi Stadium national workers issued a ailment to the lawyer wide of California, stating that they could beryllium astatine hazard of being targeted by ICE owed to FIFA's accreditation process.

However, Luna said astatine a quality league that helium was told by the caput of Homeland Security for the Los Angeles portion that "civil migration enforcement...would not beryllium occurring astatine immoderate of the games."

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SOFI stadium workers protestation extracurricular the FIFA World Cup 26 Los Angeles bureau calling for ICE to beryllium banned from the World Cup connected May 1, 2026. Eight World Cup matches are planned for SOFI stadium during the summertime tournament. (Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images)

"There volition beryllium national agents ... due to the fact that ⁠it's going to instrumentality each of america to marque definite that each the venues, the scoped and unscoped events, ​are secure," Luna said, via Reuters. "But successful respect to civilian migration enforcement, they told america that specifically would not beryllium occurring astatine immoderate of ​the games.

"Any of that is taxable to change, but I person spot that they're giving maine the due accusation due to the fact that if that starts occurring, we're going to person a full caller big of problems," helium added.

SoFi Stadium successful Los Angeles is 1 of 16 stadiums selected to big the 2026 FIFA World Cup, including 11 successful the U.S. (Getty Images)

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ICE acting manager Todd Lyons has said that it would play a "key part" in ensuring information during the tournament, thing Luna confirmed.

Luna besides said that "additional staffing" would beryllium provided for Iran's 2 games astatine SoFi Stadium amid the warfare overseas.

"Iran does bring a antithetic dynamic due to the fact that of the existent satellite events," Luna said.

Iran's archetypal crippled is June 15 against New Zealand -- it volition besides play Belgium successful L.A. six days aboriginal earlier facing Egypt successful Seattle connected June 26 to adjacent retired radical play.

Iran squad players airs for a squad photograph earlier the FIFA World Cup 2026 AFC Asian Qualifiers Group A 3rd circular lucifer against Qatar astatine Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium successful Doha, Qatar, connected June 5, 2025. (Noushad Thekkayil/NurPhoto)

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Eight games volition beryllium played astatine SoFi Stadium, including the U.S. opener against Paraguay connected June 12, which tin beryllium watched connected FOX astatine 9 p.m. ET.

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