World Cup - Visa discussion

[backstothewall]

Ticket prices would be the least of my concerns. You would have to be nuts to go anywhere near this World Cup unless it's games in Canada or Mexico. Travelling football fans are inevitably going to end up in ICE detention camps and god knows where after that.

[seanfhear]

Ticket prices would be the least of my concerns. You would have to be nuts to go anywhere near this World Cup unless it's games in Canada or Mexico. Travelling football fans are inevitably going to end up in ICE detention camps and god knows where after that.

LOL ~ Propaganda works !

[tetsujin1979]

LOL ~ Propaganda works !

I'd like to see some evidence of this propaganda

[seanfhear]

I'd like to see some evidence of this propaganda

If you think that Irish fans attending the World Cup in America are going to end up in ICE detention camps then ~ The propaganda that has convinced you of that, has worked !

If it did happen which is a mighty big if, the numbers would be tiny probably countable on one hand ~ ~ Maybe some that deserve to de detained by ICE might be detained by ICE ~ ~ After-all that is the law in America ~ American laws for America !

[tetsujin1979]

there are numerous cases of tourists who have legally entered the United States being detained by ICE

[seanfhear]

there are numerous cases of tourists who have legally entered the United States being detained by ICE

Perhaps they have been legally detained for very good reasons ? !

[tetsujin1979]

Look at all these reasons

https://www.axios.com/2025/03/20/tourists-us-residents-detained-arrested-deported-ice-immigration-trump

Members of punk band UK Subs were detained at customs in LA and eventually denied entry to the US. There's a lot of athletes who take political stances, who's to say they won't be detained for the same reason next year, or before the Olympics in 2028?

https://www.nme.com/news/music/members-of-u-k-subs-denied-entry-into-us-for-punk-festival-show-3848468

[seanfhear]

Look at all these reasons

https://www.axios.com/2025/03/20/tourists-us-residents-detained-arrested-deported-ice-immigration-trump

Members of punk band UK Subs were detained at customs in LA and eventually denied entry to the US. There's a lot of athletes who take political stances, who's to say they won't be detained for the same reason next year, or before the Olympics in 2028?
https://www.nme.com/news/music/membe...l-show-3848468

America's laws for America ~ ~ If you don't want to follow AmericanLaws then maybe America isn't the place for you !

Or else, you take your chances ~ Don't do the crime if you can't do the consequences !

[backstothewall]

America's laws for America ~ ~ If you don't want to follow AmericanLaws then maybe America isn't the place for you !

Err. That's another way of saying what I said. Go see a World Cup match in a more welcoming country (i.e. Mexico or Canada).

[seanfhear]

Err. That's another way of saying what I said. Go see a World Cup match in a more welcoming country (i.e. Mexico or Canada).

Good idea if you don't want to abide by America's laws alright.

[pineapple stu]

America's laws for America ~ ~ If you don't want to follow AmericanLaws then maybe America isn't the place for you !

Or else, you take your chances ~ Don't do the crime if you can't do the consequences !

What law do you think the band in tets' example broke?

I thought free speech was a central part of American identity - or am I wrong?

[seanfhear]

What law do you think the band in tets' example broke?

I thought free speech was a central part of American identity - or am I wrong?

Foreigners / Tourists, in Countries should obey the laws of the land they enter ~ That's not rocket science.

If they don't, or choose not to, they should be willing to accept the consequences of their actions.

[tetsujin1979]

Foreigners / Tourists, in Countries should obey the laws of the land they enter ~ That's not rocket science.

If they don't, or choose not to, they should be willing to accept the consequences of their actions.

That doesn't explain which law they broke.

[pineapple stu]

That doesn't explain which law they broke.

Correct.

Fairly simple question to answer, I'd have thought.

[seanfhear]

That doesn't explain which law they broke.

Gibbs was told he had an incorrect visa.

I am sure that there are groups in America that will fight their corner, if they were not treated legally under American laws !