{"id":302015,"date":"2026-06-10T01:02:50","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T01:02:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/302015\/"},"modified":"2026-06-10T01:02:50","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T01:02:50","slug":"fifa-world-cup-referee-denied-entry-into-us-at-miami-airport-cbp-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/302015\/","title":{"rendered":"FIFA World Cup referee denied entry into US at Miami airport, CBP says"},"content":{"rendered":"

Published:\u00a0June 9, 2026 at 12:05 PM<\/p>\n

Updated:\u00a0June 9, 2026 at 12:38 PM<\/p>\n

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MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. \u2014 A Somali national who serves as a referee for the FIFA World Cup was denied entry into the United States after arriving at Miami International Airport over the weekend, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials.<\/p>\n

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The traveler, who was not named by CBP, arrived Saturday on a flight from Istanbul International Airport and was referred for additional inspection, a routine process used by CBP officers to verify information and determine whether a person is admissible to the United States, authorities said.<\/p>\n

After the inspection, CBP officers determined the individual was inadmissible and he was denied entry due to what the agency described as \u201cvetting concerns.\u201d<\/p>\n

CBP officers did not provide additional details about the nature of those concerns.<\/p>\n

The agency emphasized that all travelers seeking entry into the U.S. \u2014 including athletes, coaches and sports officials \u2014 are subject to inspection and screening upon arrival.<\/p>\n

\u201cAdmissibility determinations are made on a case-by-case basis using law enforcement, national security, and immigration information available at the time of inspection,\u201d CBP officials said in a statement.<\/p>\n

Under U.S. law, CBP officers have the authority to question travelers, conduct inspections and determine whether an individual is permitted to enter the country.<\/p>\n

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Amanda Batchelor is the Digital Executive Producer for Local10.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published:\u00a0June 9, 2026 at 12:05 PM Updated:\u00a0June 9, 2026 at 12:38 PM lead-art-block.fullscreen-enterExpand(WPLG) MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. \u2014 A…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":302016,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,124],"class_list":["post-302015","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302015","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=302015"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302015\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/302016"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=302015"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=302015"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=302015"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}