World Cup stadium union workers say FIFA's lack of privacy concerns put them at risk of ICE targeting

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A national that includes astir 2,000 SoFi Stadium workers issued a ailment to the lawyer wide of California, stating that they could beryllium astatine hazard of being targeted by ICE owed to FIFA's accreditation process.

SoFi Stadium is 1 of 11 USA venues hosting World Cup matches this summer, but members of the UNITE HERE Local 11 national fearfulness that FIFA's process violates their rights nether the California Consumer Privacy Act.

According to the complaint, via The Athletic, workers had to stock their Social Security number, nationality, code and state of birth. They besides were required to consent to the "collection, use, and disclosure" of their "personal data, including immoderate delicate idiosyncratic data, arsenic described successful (FIFA’s) Privacy Notice."

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SOFI stadium workers protesting extracurricular FIFA World Cup 26 Los Angeles office

SOFI stadium workers protestation extracurricular the FIFA World Cup 26 Los Angeles bureau calling for ICE to beryllium banned from the World Cup connected May 1, 2026. Eight World Cup matches are planned for SOFI stadium during the summertime tournament. (Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images)

The ailment besides reportedly says that workers needed to consent to their accusation being shared with "local, regional, and/or national authorities authorities oregon a third-party for the purposes of conducting a information inheritance check."

The complaint, according to The Athletic, has called connected FIFA to publically guarantee that ICE volition not beryllium contiguous astatine World Cup venues passim the tournament. The FBI has said that the Department of Homeland Security would beryllium a "key partner" successful the accreditation process.

Protesters holding Kick ICE Out signs connected an inflatable rat extracurricular SoFi Stadium

Protesters clasp "Kick ICE Out" signs connected an inflatable rat extracurricular SoFi Stadium during a objection against ICE astatine the FIFA World Cup 26 Los Angeles Office connected May 1, 2026. Eight World Cup matches are scheduled astatine SoFi Stadium this summer. (Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images)

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The process "has enactment stadium workers successful an intolerable hindrance of having to take betwixt their livelihood and their close to privateness nether California law."

"FIFA is present endangering the precise workers wrong the U.S. who marque the World Cup possible," the ailment says.

"FIFA’s accreditation process runs antagonistic to California instrumentality and to its 2026 slogan that ‘Football Unites the World.’ Stadium workers are the backbone of the World Cup acquisition for fans — they proudly hole food, service drinks, and cleanable the stadium."

It remains chartless what ICE's beingness volition beryllium astatine World Cup games, but acting manager Todd Lyons did accidental that it would play a "key part" successful ensuring information during the tournament.