Boycotting the World Cup

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not so preposterous. Here in Bethesda, the park police are stopping cars and turning people over to ICE:
https://bethesdamagazine.com/2026/03/11/us-park-police-ice-deporations/

These are not local police.

PP didn’t say they were.

All of the “preposterous” posts are related to the below preposterous post about local police illegally detaining a U.S. citizen and getting them deported. People who believe this myth are mentally deficient. People who spread it are ignorant.

The other DCUMers that posted news stories about federal law enforcement apparently struggle to follow along.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:“Safety” is an illusion.

+1 Right now, as a non white US citizens, I would not even travel to some red places in the US. I'd be afraid that the local cops would find some minor reason to detain me, and who's gonna do anything about it? Even if a judge says I'm wrongfully detained, it appears that the Gestapo can just ignore the judges order.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:With less than three months before the first World Cup soccer match at MetLife stadium, hotel bookings for the event are disappointing, suggesting that the predicted $3 billion economic boost will be far less.

https://www.thecity.nyc/2026/03/20/world-cup-economy-business-tourism-hotels-revenue/

ETTD

Trump’s attack on Iran will put the final nail in the coffin. Trump has turned public events like the World Cup into ground zero for Iranian retaliation.

Plus cost of travel is exploding.


#winning

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:With less than three months before the first World Cup soccer match at MetLife stadium, hotel bookings for the event are disappointing, suggesting that the predicted $3 billion economic boost will be far less.

https://www.thecity.nyc/2026/03/20/world-cup-economy-business-tourism-hotels-revenue/

ETTD

Trump’s attack on Iran will put the final nail in the coffin. Trump has turned public events like the World Cup into ground zero for Iranian retaliation.

Plus cost of travel is exploding.


#winning

Iran will not attack the World Cup, especially since they qualified.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:With less than three months before the first World Cup soccer match at MetLife stadium, hotel bookings for the event are disappointing, suggesting that the predicted $3 billion economic boost will be far less.

https://www.thecity.nyc/2026/03/20/world-cup-economy-business-tourism-hotels-revenue/

ETTD

Trump’s attack on Iran will put the final nail in the coffin. Trump has turned public events like the World Cup into ground zero for Iranian retaliation.

Plus cost of travel is exploding.


#winning

Iran will not attack the World Cup, especially since they qualified.

Really?

[Anonymous]

Whatever, I'm going to party with the fans that do show up. The Portugal vs Colombia game is going to be incredible both on and off the field.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:With less than three months before the first World Cup soccer match at MetLife stadium, hotel bookings for the event are disappointing, suggesting that the predicted $3 billion economic boost will be far less.

https://www.thecity.nyc/2026/03/20/world-cup-economy-business-tourism-hotels-revenue/

ETTD

Trump’s attack on Iran will put the final nail in the coffin. Trump has turned public events like the World Cup into ground zero for Iranian retaliation.

Plus cost of travel is exploding.


#winning

Iran will not attack the World Cup, especially since they qualified.

Really?

Yup, the IRGC are big Messi fans. However if the FIFA Peace Prize winner prevents the Team Melli from taking part then all bets are off.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:With less than three months before the first World Cup soccer match at MetLife stadium, hotel bookings for the event are disappointing, suggesting that the predicted $3 billion economic boost will be far less.

https://www.thecity.nyc/2026/03/20/world-cup-economy-business-tourism-hotels-revenue/

ETTD

Trump’s attack on Iran will put the final nail in the coffin. Trump has turned public events like the World Cup into ground zero for Iranian retaliation.

Plus cost of travel is exploding.


#winning

sure, blame iranian retaliation

This has been on a straight line to horrible since last February hence this thread and the one about travel and tourism cratering because of tariff boycotts, the dollar and generally people not wanting to come to the US currently.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:With less than three months before the first World Cup soccer match at MetLife stadium, hotel bookings for the event are disappointing, suggesting that the predicted $3 billion economic boost will be far less.

https://www.thecity.nyc/2026/03/20/world-cup-economy-business-tourism-hotels-revenue/

ETTD

Trump’s attack on Iran will put the final nail in the coffin. Trump has turned public events like the World Cup into ground zero for Iranian retaliation.

Plus cost of travel is exploding.


#winning

Iran will not attack the World Cup, especially since they qualified.

Really?

Yep. But the US said it will block Iranian players from playing in the tournament.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not so preposterous. Here in Bethesda, the park police are stopping cars and turning people over to ICE:
https://bethesdamagazine.com/2026/03/11/us-park-police-ice-deporations/

These are not local police.

PP didn’t say they were.

All of the “preposterous” posts are related to the below preposterous post about local police illegally detaining a U.S. citizen and getting them deported. People who believe this myth are mentally deficient. People who spread it are ignorant.

The other DCUMers that posted news stories about federal law enforcement apparently struggle to follow along.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:“Safety” is an illusion.

+1 Right now, as a non white US citizens, I would not even travel to some red places in the US. I'd be afraid that the local cops would find some minor reason to detain me, and who's gonna do anything about it? Even if a judge says I'm wrongfully detained, it appears that the Gestapo can just ignore the judges order.

... said the white guy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not so preposterous. Here in Bethesda, the park police are stopping cars and turning people over to ICE:
https://bethesdamagazine.com/2026/03/11/us-park-police-ice-deporations/

These are not local police.

PP didn’t say they were.

All of the “preposterous” posts are related to the below preposterous post about local police illegally detaining a U.S. citizen and getting them deported. People who believe this myth are mentally deficient. People who spread it are ignorant.

The other DCUMers that posted news stories about federal law enforcement apparently struggle to follow along.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:“Safety” is an illusion.

+1 Right now, as a non white US citizens, I would not even travel to some red places in the US. I'd be afraid that the local cops would find some minor reason to detain me, and who's gonna do anything about it? Even if a judge says I'm wrongfully detained, it appears that the Gestapo can just ignore the judges order.

... said the white guy.

…with a brain.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:With less than three months before the first World Cup soccer match at MetLife stadium, hotel bookings for the event are disappointing, suggesting that the predicted $3 billion economic boost will be far less.

https://www.thecity.nyc/2026/03/20/world-cup-economy-business-tourism-hotels-revenue/

ETTD

Trump’s attack on Iran will put the final nail in the coffin. Trump has turned public events like the World Cup into ground zero for Iranian retaliation.

Plus cost of travel is exploding.


#winning

Iran will not attack the World Cup, especially since they qualified.

Iran has asked to remove them from US stadiums and schedule them to play in Canada or Mexico. If their request is not met, they may get not show up in the uSA. Trump threatened them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not so preposterous. Here in Bethesda, the park police are stopping cars and turning people over to ICE:
https://bethesdamagazine.com/2026/03/11/us-park-police-ice-deporations/

These are not local police.

PP didn’t say they were.

All of the “preposterous” posts are related to the below preposterous post about local police illegally detaining a U.S. citizen and getting them deported. People who believe this myth are mentally deficient. People who spread it are ignorant.

The other DCUMers that posted news stories about federal law enforcement apparently struggle to follow along.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:“Safety” is an illusion.

+1 Right now, as a non white US citizens, I would not even travel to some red places in the US. I'd be afraid that the local cops would find some minor reason to detain me, and who's gonna do anything about it? Even if a judge says I'm wrongfully detained, it appears that the Gestapo can just ignore the judges order.

... said the white guy.

…with a brain.

New poster. The poster did not say that he/she is afraid of being deported. The post is about being DETAINED.

Before you go on insulting that poster, do you know how many US citizens have been detained by ICE for no good reason other than looking like an immigrant per Trump's ICE policy? The numbers are in the hundreds.

If citizens have access to a lawyer or family member who can quickly produce a physical U.S. passport/birth certificate, they are often released within a few days. If not, they are SOL because of the backlogged bureaucracy, caused by Trump firing immigration judges and incentivizing detentions.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not so preposterous. Here in Bethesda, the park police are stopping cars and turning people over to ICE:
https://bethesdamagazine.com/2026/03/11/us-park-police-ice-deporations/

These are not local police.

PP didn’t say they were.

All of the “preposterous” posts are related to the below preposterous post about local police illegally detaining a U.S. citizen and getting them deported. People who believe this myth are mentally deficient. People who spread it are ignorant.

The other DCUMers that posted news stories about federal law enforcement apparently struggle to follow along.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:“Safety” is an illusion.

+1 Right now, as a non white US citizens, I would not even travel to some red places in the US. I'd be afraid that the local cops would find some minor reason to detain me, and who's gonna do anything about it? Even if a judge says I'm wrongfully detained, it appears that the Gestapo can just ignore the judges order.

... said the white guy.

…with a brain.

New poster. The poster did not say that he/she is afraid of being deported. The post is about being DETAINED.

Before you go on insulting that poster, do you know how many US citizens have been detained by ICE for no good reason other than looking like an immigrant per Trump's ICE policy? The numbers are in the hundreds.

If citizens have access to a lawyer or family member who can quickly produce a physical U.S. passport/birth certificate, they are often released within a few days. If not, they are SOL because of the backlogged bureaucracy, caused by Trump firing immigration judges and incentivizing detentions.

Go to the top of this page and read the original quoted statement. The fear is detention of a U.S. citizen by a “LOCAL COP.”[b]

What [b]“minor reason” could a “local cop” manufacture that would lead to an extended detention?

How does ICE get involved?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not so preposterous. Here in Bethesda, the park police are stopping cars and turning people over to ICE:
https://bethesdamagazine.com/2026/03/11/us-park-police-ice-deporations/

These are not local police.

PP didn’t say they were.

All of the “preposterous” posts are related to the below preposterous post about local police illegally detaining a U.S. citizen and getting them deported. People who believe this myth are mentally deficient. People who spread it are ignorant.

The other DCUMers that posted news stories about federal law enforcement apparently struggle to follow along.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:“Safety” is an illusion.

+1 Right now, as a non white US citizens, I would not even travel to some red places in the US. I'd be afraid that the local cops would find some minor reason to detain me, and who's gonna do anything about it? Even if a judge says I'm wrongfully detained, it appears that the Gestapo can just ignore the judges order.

... said the white guy.

…with a brain.

New poster. The poster did not say that he/she is afraid of being deported. The post is about being DETAINED.

Before you go on insulting that poster, do you know how many US citizens have been detained by ICE for no good reason other than looking like an immigrant per Trump's ICE policy? The numbers are in the hundreds.

If citizens have access to a lawyer or family member who can quickly produce a physical U.S. passport/birth certificate, they are often released within a few days. If not, they are SOL because of the backlogged bureaucracy, caused by Trump firing immigration judges and incentivizing detentions.

Go to the top of this page and read the original quoted statement. The fear is detention of a U.S. citizen by a “LOCAL COP.”[b]

What [b]“minor reason” could a “local cop” manufacture that would lead to an extended detention?

How does ICE get involved?

The police calls ICE.

I'm a NP, and a foreigner on a visa. I do not want to meet any police or ICE or any other law enforcement right now. My county and my state claim they do not work with ICE, but I think a police officer who isn't happy, for any reason, with someone, can tip off ICE. It's not police who detains that individual, it's ICE. This happened routinely inside DC in the fall of 2025, and explains why DC was one of the major locations for immigration arrests and detentions at that time. DC police would pick someone up for a traffic violation, or other minor matter, figure out the individual might not be legal, and call ICE to come and arrest them, and lead them away. There was an article about it in the WaPo last year. The controversy was that Muriel Bowser had not given DC police authorization to work that closely with ICE, but an investigation by WaPo found out that on the ground, that's what a lot of DC police ended up doing.

I think racism is frequently the answer to why a random police officer would do such a thing. If you're not white or African American in this country right now, with a genuine American accent... you're at risk. I will say that for once it's nice that African Americans are not the target of this new round of xenophobic insanity.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not so preposterous. Here in Bethesda, the park police are stopping cars and turning people over to ICE:
https://bethesdamagazine.com/2026/03/11/us-park-police-ice-deporations/

These are not local police.

PP didn’t say they were.

All of the “preposterous” posts are related to the below preposterous post about local police illegally detaining a U.S. citizen and getting them deported. People who believe this myth are mentally deficient. People who spread it are ignorant.

The other DCUMers that posted news stories about federal law enforcement apparently struggle to follow along.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:“Safety” is an illusion.

+1 Right now, as a non white US citizens, I would not even travel to some red places in the US. I'd be afraid that the local cops would find some minor reason to detain me, and who's gonna do anything about it? Even if a judge says I'm wrongfully detained, it appears that the Gestapo can just ignore the judges order.

... said the white guy.

…with a brain.

New poster. The poster did not say that he/she is afraid of being deported. The post is about being DETAINED.

Before you go on insulting that poster, do you know how many US citizens have been detained by ICE for no good reason other than looking like an immigrant per Trump's ICE policy? The numbers are in the hundreds.

If citizens have access to a lawyer or family member who can quickly produce a physical U.S. passport/birth certificate, they are often released within a few days. If not, they are SOL because of the backlogged bureaucracy, caused by Trump firing immigration judges and incentivizing detentions.

Go to the top of this page and read the original quoted statement. The fear is detention of a U.S. citizen by a “LOCAL COP.”[b]

What [b]“minor reason” could a “local cop” manufacture that would lead to an extended detention?

How does ICE get involved?

The police calls ICE.

I'm a NP, and a foreigner on a visa. I do not want to meet any police or ICE or any other law enforcement right now. My county and my state claim they do not work with ICE, but I think a police officer who isn't happy, for any reason, with someone, can tip off ICE. It's not police who detains that individual, it's ICE. This happened routinely inside DC in the fall of 2025, and explains why DC was one of the major locations for immigration arrests and detentions at that time. DC police would pick someone up for a traffic violation, or other minor matter, figure out the individual might not be legal, and call ICE to come and arrest them, and lead them away. There was an article about it in the WaPo last year. The controversy was that Muriel Bowser had not given DC police authorization to work that closely with ICE, but an investigation by WaPo found out that on the ground, that's what a lot of DC police ended up doing.

I think racism is frequently the answer to why a random police officer would do such a thing. If you're not white or African American in this country right now, with a genuine American accent... you're at risk. I will say that for once it's nice that African Americans are not the target of this new round of xenophobic insanity.

The OP was an AMERICAN CITIZEN worried about being illegally detained by local police and having to deal with the “Gestapo.”

Why can’t people here keep the facts straight?