World Cup Successes Repudiate Trump’s Immigration Crackdown

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image Folarin Balogun shoots on goal during the FIFA World Cup 2026 Round of 32 match between USA and Bosnia and Herzegovina in Santa Clara, California, July 1, 2026. © 2026 Cal Sport Media via AP Photo Immigration is helping the US soccer team get the job done at the World Cup.Many of the players on the US squad, which faces Belgium in a World Cup elimination game on July 6, have roots to immigrant parents or grandparents.Another player, star striker Folarin Balogun—whose availability for today’s game is the subject of a soccer and diplomatic crisis—is only eligible…

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