NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mar 25, 2026--
The FIFA World Cup™ is coming to the U.S., and while teams fight for the trophy, international fans shouldn't have to fight for a signal. As an official connectivity sponsor of FIFA World Cup 2026 ™, Visible is the go-to choice for staying connected, whether you’re touching down in the U.S for the first time or following the action from city to city.
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Beginning today, the brand-new Visible eSim Travel Pass is available for pre-order —giving international travelers the simplest way to access premium U.S. data the second they land. Fans who pre-order their travel pass before the games can save $10, making it easier to stay connected while following the tournament across host cities. Plus, Visible is launching a massive ticket sweepstakes, providing a chance for fans to experience the most anticipated matches of the summer in person.
Now Available for Pre-Order: FIFA World Cup 2026™ x Visible eSIM Travel Pass
International fans can avoid expensive roaming fees and the hassle of physical SIM cards with the new Visible eSim Travel Pass. Built for travelers who need high-quality, reliable coverage, the pass is powered by Verizon’s 5G network, including access to 5G Ultra Wideband.
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All passes also include unlimited texting to over 200 countries, ensuring fans can stay in touch with home throughout the tournament.
The Customer Sweepstakes: Win Tickets to the Big Game
Visible isn’t just helping fans stay connected. It's giving them a chance to experience the action live. As the ultimate wireless hack for soccer fans traveling across the U.S., Visible is giving customers the opportunity to win tickets to matches in host cities throughout the tournament – including a pair of tickets to the FIFA World Cup 2026™ Final in New York City on July 19.
From April 8 through May 31, 2026, existing Visible customers can enter for a chance to win two tickets —one for "you and one for a friend"—to a FIFA World Cup 2026™ match.
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Why Visible is the Top Choice for Travelers
Tournament attendees can pre-order the Visible eSim Travel Pass today to secure their connectivity and enter for a chance to see the finals live.
Visit Visible.com/travel-data-pass to find out more.
About Visible
Visible is Verizon’s digital-first wireless service, offering unlimited data, messages, minutes, and hotspot, powered by Verizon, 5G included. On a mission to dramatically change the wireless service experience, Visible has been named to Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies list and has been named "Best Telecom Brand" in Adweek's Challenger Brand Awards. Known for its commitment to giving back to the community it serves, Visible's social impact platform, Connection Protection, offers three months of wireless service to eligible members at no cost to ensure those who get laid off won’t lose their wireless plan, too.
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CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — A Cambodian man deported by the United States to the African kingdom of Eswatini under the Trump administration’s third-country program was released on Wednesday to be repatriated after spending five months in detention at a maximum-security prison with other deportees, his lawyer said.
Pheap Rom was deported to the southern African nation in October and held at the Matsapha Correctional Center. He took a commercial flight to Johannesburg, South Africa, to start his journey to Cambodia, his U.S.-based lawyer, Tin Thanh Nguyen, told The Associated Press.
The U.S. has sent 19 migrants from other countries to Eswatini in three batches since July. Rom is the second to be repatriated after a Jamaican man was flown home in September.
U.S. President Donald Trump has taken a hard-line stance on immigration and the U.S. has deported around 300 migrants to countries they have no ties with under the third-country program, according to a report compiled by Democratic staff of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Lawyers have criticized the program as unlawful.
The U.S. has struck deals with at least seven African nations to take some of those migrants. The U.S. paid Eswatini $5.1 million to take up to 160 deportees, according to details of the deal released by the U.S. State Department. While Eswatini's government has previously said the migrants are there in “transit” on their way home, the deal allows them to be held in Eswatini for up to a year.
Rom served a 15-year prison sentence in the U.S. for attempted murder and was released in late 2024, Nguyen said, adding in a statement that Rom being held at the prison in Eswatini for five months was unlawful because he faced no criminal charges in the African country.
“Rom’s release proves what we have argued from the beginning. These third-country deportations are unnecessary and unlawful,” Nguyen said.
The U.S. State Department and the Department of Homeland Security have defended third-country deportations as a means to quickly remove people who are in the U.S. illegally. Many of the deportees sent to Eswatini were convicted of serious crimes and had completed their sentences in the U.S.
But lawyers say sending migrants to countries they have no ties with is a tactic by the administration to bypass U.S. immigration laws and denies the deportees their rights, including a fundamental principle that anyone being detained should be able to challenge it in court. Third-country deportations have been the subject of several legal cases, both in the U.S. and in some countries where migrants are sent.
Last year, the U.S. Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to go ahead with third-country deportations. In February, a U.S. federal judge ruled that the policy was unlawful because it didn't give migrants notice of where they were being sent or an opportunity to challenge their deportations. An appeals court lifted that order this month.
The deportations have been the subject of two legal challenges in Eswatini, which is ruled by a king and is one of the last absolute monarchies in the world. An Eswatini lawyer acting on behalf of deportees being held at the Matsapha prison — where Rom was also held — says he has been denied access to them and has sued the government.
In a separate case, local advocacy groups have challenged the legality of Eswatini holding foreign nationals for months in a prison.
The Trump administration's choice of African countries to strike deportation deals with and pay money to is also under scrutiny. It includes nations with notoriously repressive governments and sketchy human rights records — such as Eswatini, South Sudan and Equatorial Guinea.
Eswatini's King Mswati III has long been accused of clamping down on pro-democracy movements, sometimes violently.
The U.S. has sent more than two dozen deportees to Equatorial Guinea, a small, authoritarian state in West Africa ruled by the same president since 1979 and where the government is accused of being one of the most corrupt in the world.
Democrats in the U.S. have questioned the Trump administration over a $7.5 million payment it made to the government of Equatorial Guinea.
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FILE - Eswatini's King Mswati III speaks during a news conference after talks with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic in the Serbia Palace in Belgrade, Serbia, Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic, File)
FILE -Matsapha Correctional Complex is seen in Matsapha, near Mbabane, Eswatini, July 17, 2025. (AP Photo, File)
FILE -Matsapha Correctional Complex is seen in Matsapha, near Mbabane, Eswatini, July 17, 2025. (AP Photo, File)
