What Austin FC's Nico Estevez said about ICE, immigration enforcement | OneFootball

"I don't think it's good for these things to happen. The country is experiencing a very complex crisis with this issue. I think we need to find solutions that don't escalate into violence on either side. We need to be careful about how we do things. There needs to be communication and information.I think there's a lot of misinformation. People live in fear because they don't know why this is happening to them. What the criteria are, how it can be solved, what other alternatives there are to prevent this type of situation from happening, The government needs to develop an immigration control plan that helps the country but also helps people who are receiving undeserved treatment in order to know what to do. It can be positive if these people have the opportunity to meet the criteria, to give them a second chance. If there are people who aren't good for the country, then it's difficult.We need to provide opportunities because it can be good for the US. I believe that finding a middle ground is the way to solve such serious problems without generating unrest and violence. Everyone suffers, the police officers, and immigrants can lose their lives or be injured. Hopefully, leaders on both sides will establish criteria for who can be here and for those who can't and they have to understand.It has a lot to do with soccer because in the U.S. there are many soccer players whose families arrived in the U.S. many years ago and, through hard work and effort, have settled in this country and consider themselves fully American. They are second-, third- or fourth-generation elite athletes who have never known any other way of life than in the U.S.Someone said it a long time ago, (Sorry I don't remember who): 'Football is the most important of the least important things.'"Nico Estevez, Austin FC manager

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