Scotland vs Haiti: fans too scared to watch the World Cup | Firsthand

On Saturday, Haiti begin their first World Cup tournament in 52 years, with a game against Scotland. The stadium will be awash with tartan. But despite Boston being home to 100,000 Haitians, their flag with a palm tree at the centre surrounded by all manner of weaponry, will be largely absent. Haitians are banned from travelling to the US to watch their team. “It’s cruel, it’s racist and it’s xenophobic,” says Ruthzee Louijeune, the first Haitian-American elected to Boston City Council. In this most politicised of World Cups, fans from three other countries - Iran, Senegal and Ivory Coast - are also prevented from entering the US. But the Haitians already living here won’t be coming either. They are too scared to attend a World Cup in their own backyard. Many won’t even gather at watch parties or in local bars. These are dangerous times and the fear of ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) officers carrying out Donald Trump’s deportation plan is all too chilling. #worldcup #trump #documentary 00:00 most vilified migrants in America 00:42 World Cup in Boston 01:10 Tom Homan 01:30 deported to Haiti 02:40 ‘There is a lot of fear’ 03:15 Afraid to go out 04:35 Haiti vs Scotland 05:00 ‘Completely out of order’ 05:55 A revolutionary story ► Sign up to the Telegraph's free new daily newsletter, From the Editor, bringing you the latest news, features and analysis from the Telegraph newsroom: www.telegraph.co.uk/customer/secure/newsletter/from-the-editor/?WT.mc_id=tmgoff_youtube_telegraphmain ► Get the latest headlines: www.telegraph.co.uk?WT.mc_id=tmgoff_youtube_telegraphmain ► Stay ahead with a Telegraph digital subscription: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/customer/subscription/store?WT.mc_id=tmgoff_youtube_telegraphmain https://www.telegraph.co.uk/ and https://www.youtube.com/telegraph are websites of The Telegraph, the UK's best-selling quality daily newspaper providing news and analysis on UK and world events, business, sport, lifestyle and culture.