BREAKING NEWS: USA accused of ‘humiliating’ World Cup football teams by treating them like ‘criminals'(Video)

The World Cup is just days away, but increasingly strict immigration restrictions are continuing to disrupt travel plans for football fans – and now, some players too.

Many have recently hit back against organisers in the US after players from the Senegal and Uzbekistan teams were reportedly subjected to ‘humiliating’ security checks ahead of the highly anticipated competition.

According to a report by Metro, teams had to endure intense security screenings after landing at various US airports, including San Antonio, Texas and New York.

Players from the Senegalese team are said to have faced scrupulous bag checks ahead of their first game against France on 16 June.

Meanwhile, Uzbek players, who first play Colombia on 17 June, were met by sniffer dogs and metal detectors, despite having already passed security checks.

Footage posted on social media showed security staff testing footballers’ shoes and scanning them outside.

Reacting to the situation, one X user described the treatment of the Senegal team as ‘straight up humiliating’, adding that it was a ‘disgrace’ and insisting ‘they’d never put white boys through the same.’

Senegal is one of the countries Trump chose to partially restrict last year, making it more difficult for its citizens to get visas to enter the US.

Meanwhile, according to the Guardian, football fans from Uzbekistan are facing visa rejection rates of over 40 percent.

It comes after Somali referee Omar Artan, who was chosen to officiate the World Cup, was turned away at Miami International Airport due to ‘vetting concerns’.