Dear John,

This summer, ICE tried to gain access to the parking lots at Dodger Stadium. The Dodgers told them no.

It should have never come to that. No one should have to wonder whether a trip to the ballpark will end with someone being dragged away in handcuffs. But this is what ICE does. They stalk public spaces. They target workers and fans. They turn every communal space into a crime scene.

Twenty-eight other Major League teams haven’t said a word. Their silence is permission. It tells ICE they can treat stadiums like hunting grounds. That ends here.

Ballparks are filled with immigrants, including workers, players, and fans alike. They buy the tickets and carry this game. ICE has no business anywhere near them.

Call on every Major League Baseball team to make a clear and public commitment that ICE agents will not be allowed inside stadiums, on team property, or anywhere near fans, workers, or players.

This isn’t complicated. A stadium either allows ICE to use it as a staging ground for arrests, or it refuses. A team either protects its workers and fans, or it puts them at risk. There is no middle ground.

The Dodgers showed us what accountability looks like. The rest of the league needs to catch up. We are demanding written guarantees from every single MLB team that ICE will be banned from stadium grounds and prohibited from collaborating with team officials.

This isn’t about politics. It’s about people. The ones selling hot dogs. The ones mowing the outfield. The ones sitting with their kids in the nosebleeds. They deserve protection. They deserve peace.

Letting ICE inside stadiums is a betrayal of the very people who keep the league running. Tell every Major League Baseball team to ban ICE from their stadiums.

Let’s make sure every stadium is a place of safety, not surveillance.

- DFA AF Team