Bob Iger-Backed “Immigrant City” Takes Shape Amidst National Protests
- Angel City FC, owned by Disney CEO Bob Iger and his wife Willow Bay, launched the Immigrant City campaign during their June 14 home game in Los Angeles.
- The campaign responded to recent federal ICE raids and enforcement actions targeting immigrant communities, which sparked protests in Los Angeles starting June 7.
- Angel City FC printed and distributed 10,000 bilingual T-shirts reading 'Immigrant City F.C.' on the front and 'Los Angeles Is For Everyone' in English and Spanish on the back at BMO Stadium.
- Julie Uhrman, the club’s co-founder and CEO, called this one of Angel City’s most powerful statements and said all net proceeds go to Camino Immigration Services for immigrant legal aid.
- The Immigrant City campaign underscores Angel City FC’s opposition to immigration enforcement, contrasting with other local sports teams’ mostly muted responses amid intensified national controversies.
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Disney CEO Bob Iger reportedly gave his soccer team the green light to launch an anti-ICE campaign after the company figurehead previously took heat for kowtowing to President Donald Trump’s demands. Sources told Deadline that Iger and his wife, University of Southern California journalism Dean Willow Bay, signed off on a massive marketing push for Angel City FC’s “Immigrant City”—a solidarity initiative that the women’s soccer team rolled out o…
Bob Iger-Backed “Immigrant City” Takes Shape Amidst National Protests
Angel City FC, the women’s professional soccer team co-owned by Disney CEO Bob Iger and his wife, journalist Willow Bay, has taken a bold stance against the Trump administration’s immigration policies. Amid rising tensions over aggressive immigration enforcement in Los Angeles, the team has branded itself “Immigrant City FC,” in an act of solidarity with the immigrant community in the city it calls home. Credit: Disney Bob Iger’s Soccer Team Tak…
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