Federal immigration authorities from the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) are set to be deployed around Super Bowl LX in Santa Clara, California, ahead of the championship game on 8 February 2026.

According to FOX News, officials have confirmed that ICE agents will be a visible presence in and around Levi’s Stadium, where the New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks will compete.

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    Mostly for show, tickets to this are like $2000 per person at the absolute minimum. They generally prey on the poor.

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    Member back in the day when we worried a foreign group would attack Americans during the superbowl?

    Good times.

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    If anything has been proven over and over again in the last few months it is that being “legal” does not protect you from ICE.

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      Literally the only way they can hit the numbers of deportations needed is by deporting legal citizens too, there simply aren’t enough illegal immigrants in the US to fulfill their fascist dreams.

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          To basically anywhere that will take them.

          If we’re taking consideration of the lessons we learned from history, when Nazi Germany ran out of other countries to send their undesirables, the death camps were constructed.

          So… what happens when other countries get tired of accepting thousands of U.S. deportees?

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    I would think the only undocumented immigrants you’d find at the Super Bowl would be the Elon Musk-types.

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      He thinks it’ll be a “show of force” and that people not liking ICE will somehow translate to people liking ICE?

      Like, it’s fucking ICE, if there’s squads of them running around the super bowl, they’re gonna escalate to violence all over the place.

      Having to pause the Super Bowl because ICE is beating wealthy Americans who can afford SB tickets is not gonna be a “win” with anyone for ICE.

      It’s going to make it completely unavoidable. I mean, there’s a good chance they’d have to call/postpone the game. If ICE kills someone in the stands, are they just gonna keep playing?

      Look at the chaos they cause in an empty street, in a packed stadium it’s gonna be a million times worse.

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          What excuse do they need? They could just do it now if they want. Killing random civilians isn’t going to give them the popular support to maintain martial law. They’re fucked in that regard either way.

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        The food service staff all go through e-verify, so the government already stated they are authorized to work.

        ICE won’t care.

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    They basically want to make the Super Bowl a whites only event.

    This is just about instilling fear so that people of color won’t attend.

    YOUR COUNTRY IS A WHITE SUPREMACIST HELLHOLE!

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      It already is a whites only event. Do you know how much it costs to get in? Very few POC have that type of disposable income unless they’re already in the “one of the good ones” club.

      If anything this is a shakedown of the NFLs undocumented concession workers.

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        Do not tune in(no matter what country you live in), do not go. Make it a failure of epic proportions.

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    Yeah, because illegal immigrant day laborers can afford ~$7,000 for Superbowl tickets in the nosebleed section.
    (my wife just priced tickets over the weekend)

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      They won’t be targeting the wealthy fans. they’ll be targeting the workers in order to punish the “woke” NFL and any associated contractors running the event.

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    They’re even going to ruin the Super Bowl? Wow, these people are the absolute fucking worst.

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    Really? Lets ask Renėe Good and Alex Pretti about their legal status. Oh that’s right. You can’t. They’re dead.

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    Another confirmation that it’s all performative. They just want to be on camera for the biggest TV event of the year.

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    Lmfao holy shit this is gonna get absolutely fucking wild. I would not be at all shocked if ICE incites a mass casualty event - either through just firing into crowds, or inciting a riot, or causing a stampede, or any number of other things.

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      It remains to be seen if any of the shenanigans will be broadcast on live television, seeing as every inch of the stadium is covered by a camera.