US EditionItaly Outraged Over US ICE Agents at Winter Olympics
Homeland Security Investigations agents will support U.S. diplomatic security at the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics, focusing on transnational threats and not immigration enforcement, officials said.
- Italian officials protested the U.S. plans to deploy ICE agents at the 2026 Winter Olympics, emphasizing concerns over the agency's role in immigration enforcement and recent controversies.
- More than 30,000 signatures were gathered on an online petition urging Italy to block ICE agents from entering the country, reflecting strong opposition against their presence.
- ICE agents will assist with security for U.S. officials during the Olympics but will not carry out immigration enforcement, as confirmed by a U.S. official statement.
- Italian authorities, including Milan's mayor Giuseppe Sala, have openly expressed their opposition to ICE's involvement, labeling the agency as a 'militia that kills.
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Source: Scott Olson / Getty The Trump administration has directed Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents to bolster U.S. security at the 2026 Winter Olympics, which will be held in Milan and Cortina, Italy, next month — and many Italians are angry about it. They’re so angry, in fact, that officials in both nations are scrambling to assure the public that the federal agents being sent to Italy aren’t there to conduct immigration enforce…
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