‘A militia that kills’: uproar in Italy over ICE security role at Winter Olympics
Milan’s mayor says agents ‘clearly not welcome’ in co-host city and that Italy can take care of security itselfA unit of US immigration and customs enforcement agents (ICE) will have a security role in the upcoming Winter Olympic games in Italy, sparking uproar and petitions against the...
<p>Milan’s mayor says agents ‘clearly not welcome’ in co-host city and that Italy can take care of security itself</p><p>A unit of <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ice-us-immigration-and-customs-enforcement">US immigration and customs enforcement</a> agents (ICE) will have a security role in the upcoming Winter Olympic games in Italy, sparking uproar and petitions against the deployment.</p><p>Sources at the US embassy in Rome confirmed a statement from ICE, the agency embroiled in a brutal immigration crackdown in the US, saying that federal agents would support diplomatic security details during the Milan-Cortina games but would not run any enforcement operations.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/27/italy-ice-security-role-winter-olympics">Continue reading...</a>
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