More than 13,000 Argentines listed as child-support debtors will be kept out of their national team’s matches at the 2026 World Cup in the United States, according to a report by Argentina’s *La Nación*.
The government of the City of Buenos Aires has made available to U.S. authorities the database of the Public Registry of Child-Support Debtors, which includes debtors from the capital and another 13 provinces with which data-sharing agreements have been signed. According to the authorities, the aim is to increase pressure on those who fail to pay the child support they owe.
“If they do not fulfil their obligations to their children, they do not get into the stadium either,” said the center-right head of the Buenos Aires city government, J. Macri.
The measure is not a general travel ban, but concerns access to stadiums and major events. In Buenos Aires, it has already been in force since March 2025 at football matches and concerts, with ID checks carried out at entrances. Anyone found to be listed in the registry is denied entry.
So far, according to the figures cited in the report, 187 inspection operations have been carried out and 162 people with child-support debts have been identified. The center-right head of the Buenos Aires city government, Jorge Macri, summed up the message of the measure as follows: “If they do not fulfil their obligations to their children, they do not get into the stadium either.”
Source: La Nación
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