Link: https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7260086/2026/05/07/world-cup-ice-rubio-stadium-trump-fifa/

Rodney Barreto, co-chair of the Miami host committee, has been reassured after speaking with the United States' secretary of state

Now if only we could believe anything Marco Rubio says:

In an interview with The Athletic, Rodney Barreto, co-chair of the Miami host committee, said: “A lot of people are talking (and saying), ‘Well, ICE will be at the stadium’. I talked to Marco Rubio. ICE is not going to be at the stadium. This is not going to turn into some ’round them up’ type of thing. That’s not the purpose of this.

“It’ll be a great experience for everybody. I think that we’re lucky that we do have a president who loves sports and has given us the resources to reimburse the cities for their police protection.”

Hahahaha

I mean, they'll just be outside of the stadiums rounding people up. So yea, technically not lying if they are not IN the stadiums. Fascists gonna fascist either way

We've already seen ICE at MLS matches; I think Rubio is just straight lying here.

Edited to remove NWSL -- now that I think more about this, I'm less certain about it. I'm feeling more confident that the "No estamos todos aquí" campaign in MLS was in response to ICE in stadiums.

Apologies, I should have included /s. I absolutely agree that he is a lying sack of shit

np, getting tone right in a textual medium is always an awkward exercise, both as a reader and as a writer.

Rubio is not the head of DHS. Maybe ask someone else....