German soccer team cancels Minnesota visit due to ICE crackdown

[AStern]

The pro German soccer team Werder Bremen have canceled a planned spring tour to Minnesota and Detroit, citing the controversial immigration crackdown in Minnesota.

In early January, the Bundesliga club had been coordinating the Midwest trip to play two friendly matches in May. But the club’s managing director, Klaus Filbry, recently told the German publication DeichStube they’d canceled the tour due in part to federal authorities fatally shooting two people in Minneapolis.

“Playing in a city currently experiencing unrest and where people are being shot doesn’t align with our club’s values,” he said.

Filbry also said he was concerned that the Werder Bremen players might have difficulty traveling after U.S. Customs and Border Protection started screening social media profiles for security risks.

https://www.startribune.com/german-soccer-team-cancels-minnesota-visit-due-to-ice-crackdown/601586530

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[malaise]

1. Well done

Rec

[RockCreek]

2. Good example

For other teams and countries to follow.

[leftstreet]

3. Good for them!

[niyad]

4. Wise decision.

[GoodRaisin]

5. Good. Nobody should visit the U.S. crime scene right now.

Not until the masked men are pulled off our streets; and, the two murders by them are condemned by DOJ and evidence handed over to Minnesota authorities.

[SeattleVet]

6. Correction: Social media screening is not for 'security risks'...

it's for anyone posting anything negative about the Cheeto skidmark or the enablers in his regime.

[Ilsa]

7. That's too bad, though. Minnesota could

certainly use the business right now.

ETTD

[surfered]

10. Good point. Maybe consider canceling trips to red states

[angrychair]

8. This team is amazing

Got to go to their stadium several years ago while on vacation in Germany visiting friends and got to met the team and their coach at a practice. Love this team.

[AllyCat]

9. Smart move

No one is safe here.