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Major League Baseball Players Association CEO Tony Clark told members of the Baseball Writers Association of America (BBWAA) Tuesday prior to the All-Star game that he and his office keep the immigration top of the mind with the league’s great foreign presence.
About 28.6% of MLB players on opening day lists (over 220 of the 265 foreign-born players) were of Latino defense.
In the midst of Donald Trump’s presidency, US immigration and customs enforcement agents (ICE) have cracked down on illegal immigration. Because of this, Clark said his office has asked the players to “carry their documentation no matter where they go … to make sure guys are in the best possible position to come to the ballpark and keep their jobs.”
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Protesters gather in Los Angeles on June 21, 2025 to protest Dodgers, Ice and Trump. (Madison Swart/His Lucas/AFP via Getty Images)
“We … try to put them and equip them in the best possible position to navigate the atmosphere that we are in terms of immigration,” Clark said, according to a video taken by our Esquina. “We communicate with our players, we asked them to carry their documentation wherever they go, we ensure that the communication lines are open, so that if they have a problem or a family member has a problem, how best can we help support them?
“We have been given the immigration council and immigration attorneys to the staff to provide support in a way that we have before, but not to the extent we do now, to ensure that guys are in the best possible position to get to the ballpark and keep their jobs.
Tony Clark answers a question at a press conference in New York, March 11, 2022. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
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“It’s complicated, it’s challenging on multiple levels, but we continue to communicate with our guys and assure them whether they are at a minor league level or Major League level, that’s how you best protect yourself in the nearest period of carrying the documentation while we have an open communication line is what we’ve found has worked so far.”
Law enforcement was discovered outside Dodger Stadium last month. They were initially assumed to be and claimed by Dodgers to be, ice cream that got protesters on the spot. But in its own statement after ICE’s denial, the US customs and border protection (CBP) said: “CBP vehicles were very short in the stadium parking lot,” and it “had nothing to do with Dodgers.”
Dodgers said the agents had “requested permission to access the parking lots” and were denied. But a spokesman for ICE said in an E -mail to Pakinomist Digital, “Ice was never at Dodgers Stadiumand thus never tried to access. “
Vehicles in stadium areas were “not related to any operation or enforcement,” a CBP spokesman said in a statement.
CBP agents were discovered outside Dodger Stadium in June. (KTTV)
Days after the incident, Dodgers promised $ 1 million to help families affected by the immigration arrest stations.
