Cecilia Lei

Violence in Mexico raises questions for World Cup security.

We'll speak to The Athletic.

And the country that could put a cap on its own population.

And I'm Cecilia Lay.

The violence sparked by the killing of Mexico's most powerful drug lord appears, for now at least, to be calming down.

But the last few days have brought unwelcome global attention to the Jalisco region, the Mexican state that will be hosting the FIFA World Cup in June.

Felipe Cardenas is a senior writer with The Athletic.

In Guadalajara, the capital of the Jalisco region, will host four games involving big teams like Mexico and Spain.

Yesterday, President Claudia Scheinbaum was asked about cartel violence and security at World Cup sites.

Cardenas adds that since intra-cartel dynamics are impossible to predict, it's hard to know whether unrest will resurge between now and June.

Meanwhile, in Congress, the issue of World Cup security in the U.S.

was in the spotlight yesterday.

There was a hearing over funding that's been approved for World Cup events, which is now stuck in limbo because of the Department of Homeland Security shutdown.

Here's Democratic Representative Nellie Poe, who represents parts of northern New Jersey where the World Cup final will take place.

Officials from various host locations testified that local and federal authorities haven't been coordinating sufficiently about security.

The DHS funding block is also causing planning problems for promo events like FIFA's signature FanFest, which is set to take place in Miami.

Cardenas told us the situation in Miami is a microcosm of the challenges cities face when putting on the World Cup.

As some political parties in Europe promise more hardline immigration policies to their voters, one country may take on a novel policy experiment that could fundamentally reshape its economy.

This summer, Switzerland will vote on a proposal that would radically limit its immigration numbers, but not by reducing asylum claims or creating new criteria for entry like what's being done in neighboring countries.

Bastian Benrend-Wright is Bloomberg's economy and government reporter in Switzerland.