As ICE presence at World Cup looms, fans and local leaders prepare

By: Shalina Chatlani

Outlets: Stateline

Published: June 11, 2026

Words: 1,380

Last Updated: 11 hours, 8 minutes ago

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BROOKLYN, N.Y. — On a recent weekday evening, Avram Kline kicked a soccer ball to his son on the bright green pitch in Brooklyn Bridge Park, where the skyscrapers of Manhattan loom just across the East River.

Kline is a self-described soccer superfan who founded the Newcomers Football Club, a mutual aid group to support asylee and refugee players from all over the world — Chad, Morocco, Senegal, South Sudan, Syria and other nations — …

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