{"id":15812,"date":"2026-05-29T23:55:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T23:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aacyf.org\/?p=15812"},"modified":"2026-05-29T19:49:33","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T19:49:33","slug":"is-the-u-s-ready-to-welcome-the-world-the-2026-fifa-world-cup-and-americas-big-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aacyf.org\/?p=15812","title":{"rendered":"Is the U.S. Ready to Welcome the World? The 2026 FIFA World Cup and America\u2019s Big Test"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>AACYF\/\u6d1b\u6749\u77f6\uff082026\u5e745\u670829\u65e5\uff09 &#8211; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Is the U.S. Ready to Welcome the World? The 2026 FIFA World Cup and America\u2019s Big Test<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In just days, the United States will host the largest sporting event in history. The 2026 FIFA World Cup, spread across the U.S., Mexico, and Canada, is expected to bring millions of international visitors, heightened security, enormous economic activity, and intense global attention to eleven U.S. host cities, including Los Angeles, Houston, Miami, Seattle, Atlanta, and the New York\/New Jersey region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But is the U.S. ready to welcome the world?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As kickoff approaches, journalists and organizations are asking urgent questions: Will visa systems and border policies facilitate international travel? How will host cities balance security with civil liberties? What protections are in place for workers staffing stadiums, hospitality, transportation, and tourism services? And what impact will the tournament have on immigrant communities?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Join American Community Media for a timely briefing on the opportunities, challenges, and unresolved questions surrounding the 2026 FIFA World Cup, and what ethnic and community media should be watching as the tournament begins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"981\" height=\"549\" src=\"https:\/\/aacyf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260529-ACOM-1-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15818\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacyf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260529-ACOM-1-1-1.jpg 981w, https:\/\/aacyf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260529-ACOM-1-1-1-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aacyf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260529-ACOM-1-1-1-768x430.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aacyf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260529-ACOM-1-1-1-720x403.jpg 720w, https:\/\/aacyf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260529-ACOM-1-1-1-520x291.jpg 520w, https:\/\/aacyf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260529-ACOM-1-1-1-320x179.jpg 320w, https:\/\/aacyf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260529-ACOM-1-1-1-600x336.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 981px) 100vw, 981px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Minky Worden<\/strong>, Director of Global Initiatives, Human Rights Watch<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"985\" height=\"551\" src=\"https:\/\/aacyf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260529-ACOM-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15816\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacyf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260529-ACOM-2.jpg 985w, https:\/\/aacyf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260529-ACOM-2-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aacyf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260529-ACOM-2-768x430.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aacyf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260529-ACOM-2-720x403.jpg 720w, https:\/\/aacyf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260529-ACOM-2-520x291.jpg 520w, https:\/\/aacyf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260529-ACOM-2-320x179.jpg 320w, https:\/\/aacyf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260529-ACOM-2-600x336.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 985px) 100vw, 985px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Katherine La Puente<\/strong>, Children\u2019s Rights Senior Coordinator, Human Rights Watch<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"998\" height=\"502\" src=\"https:\/\/aacyf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260529-ACOM-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15815\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacyf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260529-ACOM-3.jpg 998w, https:\/\/aacyf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260529-ACOM-3-300x151.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aacyf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260529-ACOM-3-768x386.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aacyf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260529-ACOM-3-720x362.jpg 720w, https:\/\/aacyf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260529-ACOM-3-520x262.jpg 520w, https:\/\/aacyf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260529-ACOM-3-320x161.jpg 320w, https:\/\/aacyf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260529-ACOM-3-600x302.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 998px) 100vw, 998px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Jamal R. Watkins<\/strong>, Senior Vice President of Strategy and Advancement of the NAACPe<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"976\" height=\"554\" src=\"https:\/\/aacyf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260529-ACOM-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15814\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacyf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260529-ACOM-4.jpg 976w, https:\/\/aacyf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260529-ACOM-4-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aacyf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260529-ACOM-4-768x436.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aacyf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260529-ACOM-4-720x409.jpg 720w, https:\/\/aacyf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260529-ACOM-4-520x295.jpg 520w, https:\/\/aacyf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260529-ACOM-4-320x182.jpg 320w, https:\/\/aacyf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260529-ACOM-4-600x341.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 976px) 100vw, 976px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Ariel G. Ruiz Soto<\/strong>, Senior Policy Analyst at Migration Policy Institute<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AACYF\/\u6d1b\u6749\u77f6\uff082026\u5e745\u670829\u65e5\uff09 &#8211; Is&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15817,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[37,19,6,21,2,41,54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15812","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-others","category-6","category-21","category-2","category--others","category-54"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aacyf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15812","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aacyf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aacyf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aacyf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aacyf.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15812"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/aacyf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15812\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15820,"href":"https:\/\/aacyf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15812\/revisions\/15820"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aacyf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/15817"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aacyf.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aacyf.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15812"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aacyf.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}