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Argentina Sends DHS List of 13K Deadbeat Dads to Keep Out of World Cup Stadiums

Argentina Sends DHS List of 13K Deadbeat Dads to Keep Out of World Cup Stadiums

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Hakan Akgun/Anadolu via Getty Images
Mariane Angela28 Jun 2026

Argentina gave U.S. authorities a list of 35,000 people banned from soccer matches, including 13,000 parents behind on child support, as it seeks to keep them out of World Cup stadiums when Argentina plays in the United States.

Argentine National Security Minister Alejandra Monteoliva sent the database to the Department of Homeland Security, the FBI, and other international law enforcement agencies ahead of Argentina’s World Cup matches on U.S. soil.

“Those who are delinquent on child support payments will no longer be allowed to enter the stadiums,” Monteoliva said. “If you don’t meet your obligations, you stay out of the stadiums.”

The names come from Argentina’s Tribuna Segura (“Safe Stands”) database, which was introduced in Buenos Aires in 2016 and expanded into a nationwide program two years later. The system checks fans’ national ID cards at stadium entrances and flags people with outstanding arrest warrants or bans from attending soccer matches.

On May 13, Argentine officials added roughly 13,000 parents behind on child support to the database. The government then shared the updated list with U.S. law enforcement on June 11.

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