Raids and fear cast a large shadow over Club World Cup’s big launch

Governing body cannot avoid the dark political backdrop to its tournament opening as Trump’s authorities flex their muscles.

Workers prepare the field at Hard Rock Stadium ahead of Saturday's opening match of the Club World Cup. Pic: AP Photo/Lynne Sladky.

"When Donald Trump came in the laws just changed and it’s hard for immigrants now … you’ve got a lot of people being deported, people who have been in the United States for two decades.

"It’s not nice, it’s not right when someone who hasn’t committed a crime has to go back somewhere.