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PeaceWave

(2,768 posts)
Wed Jan 28, 2026, 01:56 PM 19 hrs ago

On February 8th, ICE intends to be present at the Super Bowl in Santa Clara. 125+ million viewers will be watching...

Along with millions of eyes, thousands of cameras will be focused on Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara. Trump and ICE appear to want to make a display of force for all the world to see. However, with nowhere to run and nowhere to hide, ICE's out of control, trigger happy invading forces will have their every movement tracked. Latin American football fans, citizens and non-citizens alike, will be present. Thousands of them. Protestors, citizens and non-citizens alike, will be present. Thousands of them. What Trump and ICE view as a display of force will be viewed not as that but rather, quite likely, as a final display of totalitarianism committed by a regime that only a dwindling few still support. The world will be watching. Will you?

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/ice-super-bowl-2026-immigration-enforcement-b2908702.html

Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents are expected to have a major, visible presence at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, the agency confirmed, according to KTTV-FOX 11. The announcement comes on the heels of the shooting deaths of Renee Good and Alex Pretti by federal agents in Minneapolis and weeks of protests against the agency. Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin told TMZ the agency’s “mission remains unchanged” after the last weeks of controversy. “Those who are here legally and are not breaking other laws have nothing to fear,” McLaughlin said.

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On February 8th, ICE intends to be present at the Super Bowl in Santa Clara. 125+ million viewers will be watching... (Original Post) PeaceWave 19 hrs ago OP
Because all those day-laborers have tickets. Coventina 19 hrs ago #1
Yeah its usually given as a Christmas bonus. milestogo 19 hrs ago #2
Day laborers will be working at the event. Ocelot II 19 hrs ago #3
Point taken! Coventina 19 hrs ago #4
The halftime entertainment..... SergeStorms 19 hrs ago #5
Regarless of the fact that he's a US citizen. 2naSalit 18 hrs ago #6
Of course. SergeStorms 18 hrs ago #11
And Trump is using that as the reason he's "boycotting the Superbowl" Attilatheblond 18 hrs ago #7
Hopefully both Green Day and Bad Bunny will give the audience the opportunity to boo rump anyways. dickthegrouch 17 hrs ago #12
The point is to normalize a police state leftstreet 18 hrs ago #9
it will be another example of their fucked up overreach... Jbraybarten 18 hrs ago #8
Everything TSF touches dies. It would be fitting if the entire event collapsed into a huge brawl, and the Sogo 18 hrs ago #10
I could see this being an Altamont type event RPM 17 hrs ago #13
Well too bad the Rams didn't win FHRRK 17 hrs ago #14

Ocelot II

(129,593 posts)
3. Day laborers will be working at the event.
Wed Jan 28, 2026, 02:07 PM
19 hrs ago

There’s a lot of manual labor involved in putting together an event like that. What if many of those workers are afraid to show up?

SergeStorms

(20,130 posts)
5. The halftime entertainment.....
Wed Jan 28, 2026, 02:13 PM
19 hrs ago

features 'Bad Bunny," who's from Puerto Rico. Being brown in color, he'd count in ICE's "quota" established by TrumpCo.

SergeStorms

(20,130 posts)
11. Of course.
Wed Jan 28, 2026, 03:24 PM
18 hrs ago

All of the U.S. citizens detained (and maybe released?)? by ICE so far have counted in their quotas. There's no reason for them to not detained citizens then.

Attilatheblond

(8,470 posts)
7. And Trump is using that as the reason he's "boycotting the Superbowl"
Wed Jan 28, 2026, 03:10 PM
18 hrs ago

We all know the reason he isn't going is that a crowd that large booing him might damage the stadium, and his delusion that he is loved.

dickthegrouch

(4,363 posts)
12. Hopefully both Green Day and Bad Bunny will give the audience the opportunity to boo rump anyways.
Wed Jan 28, 2026, 03:34 PM
17 hrs ago

It shouldn't be difficult.
Maybe they have new songs to roll out for us like The Boss.

leftstreet

(39,276 posts)
9. The point is to normalize a police state
Wed Jan 28, 2026, 03:17 PM
18 hrs ago

First they have you debating what/where/when law enforcement should be present....

Sogo

(7,020 posts)
10. Everything TSF touches dies. It would be fitting if the entire event collapsed into a huge brawl, and the
Wed Jan 28, 2026, 03:23 PM
18 hrs ago

game couldn't even be finished.

RPM

(5,639 posts)
13. I could see this being an Altamont type event
Wed Jan 28, 2026, 04:13 PM
17 hrs ago

Axes to grind here:
- Cali
- 49ers (Kaep)
- Big Bunny
- The NFL

Can see a number of reasons he would want to disrupt this. Good luck - remove the masses' bread and circus at your own risk.

FHRRK

(1,390 posts)
14. Well too bad the Rams didn't win
Wed Jan 28, 2026, 04:18 PM
17 hrs ago

The games at SoFi are easily 40% people of color.

ICE could have 25k fans to abuse.

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