Mexico prez calls for no ICE action at Gold Cup

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum connected Friday urged U.S. authorities not to behaviour migration enforcement targeting attendees of a Gold Cup shot lucifer successful Los Angeles connected Saturday, wherever Mexico's squad is owed to play the Dominican Republic.

Her comments followed caller raids by migration authorities successful Los Angeles targeting undocumented migrants, nether policies associated with the President Donald Trump's administration, which person sparked protests crossed large cities.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection, successful a now-deleted station to societal media, had besides promised to beryllium "suited and booted" astatine the archetypal circular of Club World Cup shot matches, the curtain-raiser lawsuit for adjacent year's World Cup.

"We don't judge that astatine immoderate shot lucifer determination volition beryllium immoderate [immigration] enactment ... we telephone for nary to beryllium taken by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement," Sheinbaum said successful her greeting property conference.

Asked if she would inactive counsel fans to be Saturday's lucifer astatine SoFi Stadium, Sheinbaum noted that Mexican consulates successful the U.S. person established protocols to assistance citizens if detained.

In effect to its societal media post, the CBP said it regularly provides information astatine large sporting events.

"U.S. Customs and Border Protection is committed to moving with our section and national partners to guarantee the FIFA Club World Cup 25 is harmless for everyone involved, arsenic we bash with each large sporting event, including the Super Bowl. Our ngo remains unchanged," it told The Associated Press connected Thursday.

Sheinbaum besides addressed viral societal media images of demonstrators successful Los Angeles holding Mexican flags, dismissing them arsenic "potential provocations."

"Mexico volition ever beforehand peace," she said, adding that its nationals successful the U.S. were hardworking individuals who bash not question to incite violence.

Mexico volition play its adjacent 2 Concacaf Gold Cup radical signifier matches successful Arlington, Texas, and Las Vegas, Nevada. The tourney besides features Central American countries with sizable migrant populations successful the United States.

Information from Reuters and The Associated Press was utilized successful this report.