Meanwhile, the immigration raids that triggered the protests last Friday have continued, with deployed National Guard troops now protecting border control agents on enforcement operations.
An overnight curfew is in force after violence in downtown LA. Elsewhere, much of the protest activity has been peaceful. Demonstrations have been confined to relatively small pockets of LA, while also spreading to other US cities.
Trump’s row with state officials ramped up after he deployed troops to LA. The president has now vowed to “liberate” the city, but has been accused by California Governor Gavin Newsom of an “assault” on democracy.
On Tuesday, Trump defended his decision to send 4,000 National Guard troops and 700 Marines, saying it was to prevent the city being “conquered by a foreign enemy”.
However, European fans group FSE said: “The current policing approach in the US is wholly unfit for international sporting events.
“The continued use of excessive force against peaceful protestors is especially alarming. Fifa must act now.
“It has a responsibility to use its influence to ensure that the human rights and civil liberties of all attending fans are protected and respected.”
It also criticised Trump’s immigration policies, claiming they “pose a direct threat to the safety and wellbeing of visiting fans”. As well as PSG and Atletico Madrid, LA is due to host Inter Milan, who play Mexican team CF Monterrey at the Rose Bowl next week.
Last week Trump announced a travel ban which places full restrictions on citizens of 12 countries entering the United States, as well as partial constraints on seven others as part of an immigration crackdown he says is needed over security threats.
The order contains an exemption for participants in major sports events such as the 2026 Fifa World Cup and 2028 LA Games. However, it is not clear if the Gold Cup and Club World Cup are covered by the exemption.
Those 12 countries include Haiti, who play Saudi Arabia in the Gold Cup on Monday.
Andrea Florence, executive director of the Sport & Rights Alliance, said: “If sport governing bodies turn a blind eye to the escalating rights violations in the US, sporting events risk not only reflecting those abuses – but actively deepening them.
“In LA, where major football matches are about to take place, protesters are being criminalised, journalists unlawfully targeted, and immigrant communities subjected to enforced disappearances and arbitrary detention.
“It is the duty of sporting event organisers to conduct thorough and ongoing human rights risk assessments and take immediate, concrete action to ensure that human rights won’t be sacrificed for the sake of the game.”
Fifa, Concacaf and the LA authorities have been approached for comment.
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