Dear MoveOn member,
The 2026 FIFA World Cup kicks off this week—the first time in 32 years that the world's most beloved sport comes to American soil. Billions of fans around the world are watching.
And ICE plans to be there.
Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin has already said ICE will be "out there every day" at World Cup venues.1
Already, Omar Abdulkadir Artan—a FIFA-selected referee and the only World Cup official from Somalia—was denied entry into the United States after arriving at Miami International Airport. U.S. Customs and Border Protection confirmed he was turned away due to "vetting concerns."2 FIFA confirmed he will be unable to officiate at the tournament.3 This is a man chosen to referee the world's biggest sporting event. He never even made it through the airport.
If the Trump administration will bar a FIFA referee from entering the country to do his job, imagine what they have planned for the millions of fans—and the immigrant workers and communities in host cities—over the next 38 days.
We will not stand by while ICE terrorizes soccer players, refs, and fans at the world's largest sporting event.
That's why as part of our sustained campaign against ICE's brutality and lawlessness, MoveOn is renting an airplane and flying a banner over the first World Cup game at AT&T Stadium outside of Dallas this Sunday—the venue hosting more World Cup matches than anywhere else in the country.
The banner will read: "Red Card ICE" and includes a number to text for information about getting involved in the campaign.
Will you start a monthly donation of $5 to MoveOn to support our sustained campaign against ICE’s atrocities? Your donation will help MoveOn rent the airplane and fly our "Red Card ICE" banner over the World Cup game at AT&T Stadium in Texas on Sunday—and then keep up our long-term efforts to rein in ICE.
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We've done this before—and it worked. Earlier this year, when ICE threatened to flood the Super Bowl with agents, MoveOn flew an anti-ICE banner over a championship game. ICE then announced it would not be at the Super Bowl.4
Now ICE is back—and has set its sights on the World Cup.5
This tournament is supposed to be a celebration. Instead, fans from countries like Senegal, Haiti, Iran, and Ivory Coast are being asked to pay visa bonds of up to $15,000 just for the chance to cheer on their teams.6 More than 120 civil society groups have issued a formal travel advisory warning fans, players, journalists, and other visitors that they could face arbitrary detention, invasive device searches, racial profiling, and worse.7
And there's one more thing you should know: AT&T Stadium in Dallas—where we'll be flying our banner—is named after the very company that holds one of the largest contracts with ICE.8 That's right: AT&T is complicit in ICE's reign of terror. That means the stadium that bears AT&T's name is ground zero for this fight.
The world is watching. This is our moment to seize the attention, get ICE out of our stadiums and communities, and ramp up pressure on AT&T—just as the company is deciding whether to renew its contract with ICE.9
Your support will help fuel MoveOn’s next steps in the mass movement to stop ICE, including flying our "Red Card ICE" banner over AT&T Stadium this Sunday. Every dollar gets us closer to liftoff. Will you donate $5 a month?
Yes, I'll chip in $5 a month. (If you've saved your payment information with ActBlue Express, your donation will go through immediately.)
No, I'm sorry, I can't make a monthly donation.
The eyes of the world will be on Dallas. Let's make sure the message is impossible to ignore: Red Card ICE.
Thanks for all you do.
–Kelsey, Emma, Chris, Cecilia, and the rest of the team
Sources:
1. "ICE going to 'be out there every day' during World Cup, DHS says," ABC 7, May 21, 2026
https://abc7news.com/post/fifa-world-cup-ice-levis-stadium-santa-clara-dhs-chief-markwayne-mullin/19145591/
2. "U.S. bars entry of FIFA World Cup referee from Somalia, citing 'vetting concerns,'" CBS News, June 10, 2026
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/world-cup-referee-somalia-omar-artan-barred-entry-us/
3. Ibid.
4. "ICE has no planned immigration operations at Super Bowl, host committee says," The Athletic, February 2, 2026
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7016806/2026/02/02/super-bowl-ice-immigration-operations/
5. "How the World Cup became a front line for the U.S. immigration debate," The Washington Post, June 8, 2026
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2026/06/08/how-world-cup-became-front-line-immigration-debate-us/
6. "World Cup fans from several nations facing $15k bonds to enter U.S. – and players may not be exempt," The Athletic, April 27, 2026
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7138400/2026/03/25/world-cup-fifa-senegal-bonds-algeria-visa/
7. "Over 120 Civil Society Groups Issue Travel Advisory for U.S. Ahead of FIFA World Cup," ACLU, April 23, 2026
https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/over-120-civil-society-groups-issue-travel-advisory-for-u-s-ahead-of-fifa-world-cup
8. "These Companies—Palantir, AT&T, Deloitte—Have The Biggest ICE Contracts As DHS Funding Under Fire," Forbes, January 26, 2026
https://www.forbes.com/sites/tylerroush/2026/01/26/these-companies-palantir-att-deloitte-have-the-biggest-ice-contracts-as-dhs-funding-under-fire/
9. "Protesters Ask AT&T to Cut Ties To ICE," The Institute for Public Service Reporting Memphis, March 9, 2026
https://www.psrmemphis.org/protesters-ask-att-to-cut-ties-to-ice/
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