Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass on Wednesday, January 28, urged the US government to provide reassurances to World Cup visitors, days after images of federal immigration agents killing a second person in Minneapolis sent shockwaves around the world.
The United States is co-hosting this summer's football showcase with Canada and Mexico. Most of the games are being staged in the United States, with concerns growing among overseas visitors that they could be caught up in President Donald Trump's often brutal immigration crackdown.
"We need to show a better face to the world, that we are going to welcome people, that they're not going to have immigration problems," Bass said. Bass told reporters she was "sure" that sports fans visiting Los Angeles for the World Cup or the 2028 Summer Olympics would not be directly affected.
"But I do think that message has to come from the White House as well. They are the ones that need to send that message," she said.
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