Jacques Brunvil of the NYC Department of Small Business Services holds up 2026 FIFA World Cup poster during an outreach event hosted by the NYC Department of Small Business Services in New York's "Little Haiti" neighborhood on May 19, 2026. World Cup fever is beginning to hit New York's immigrant communities where wariness of the Trump administration's deportation crackdown has weighed on foot traffic. In Brooklyn's "Little Haiti," street blocks once busy with merchants were quiet earlier this week. But some are becoming more confident the community will rediscover its joie de vivre as Haiti's first World Cup appearance in more than 50 years quickly approaches. (Photo by ANGELA WEISS / AFP via Getty Images)