US EditionDemonstrators in Milan protest ICE unit at Winter Olympics
About 8,000 protesters in Milan oppose ICE agents' limited security role at the 2026 Winter Olympics, citing concerns over human rights and recent violent incidents in the U.S.
- Hundreds gathered in Milan on Jan. 31 to protest ICE assistance ahead of the Winter Olympics, which begin Feb. 6.
- Images of violent encounters in Minneapolis mobilized demonstrators, who cited Minneapolis incidents and ICE's domestic enforcement record as fueling human-rights concerns, with Bruna Scanziani saying, `All the videos are public and everyone can see what's happening.`
- Protesters waved signs and chanted while blowing plastic whistles as organizers handed out whistles and played music near the Icebound bar, with banners reading 'Ice only in Spritz' and 'Ice = Gestapo'.
- Italy’s government has convened emergency meetings and Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi was called to Parliament, while U.S. officials said ICE would support the U.S. Department of State's Diplomatic Security Service and not conduct immigration operations.
- The controversy has become a broader diplomatic row across Europe as Milan Mayor Giuseppe Sala last week called ICE a militia, saying, `This is a militia that kills, a militia that enters into the homes of people, signing their own permission slips`.
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A border police unit specializing in cross-border crime must accompany the American delegation, a usual practice, but as a result of recent ECI actions in Minneapolis and elsewhere, the Milanese opposed it.
Biathletes will compete for Olympic medals in the well-known Südtirol Arena in Anterselva, or Antholz, as the locals call it, as 99 percent of the German-speaking population lives in the Antholz Valley. With a long tradition, the first competitions were held here in 1971, the venue will now also be called Olympic.
Demonstrators in Milan Want ICE Sent Home
Several hundred people rallied in Milan on Saturday to pressure Italy's government to send US immigration agents home before the Winter Olympics open there next week. Demonstrators in Piazza XXV Aprile denouncing the presence of Immigration and Customs Enforcement personnel assigned to help with security for the Games. Demonstrators cited...
'We don't want them here': Italians in Milan protest ICE's role in Winter Olympics
The Department of Homeland Security said that Homeland Security Investigations, a unit of ICE, will be in Italy for the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics to support U.S. diplomatic security. NBC News' Claudio Lavanga spoke to Italians who gathered in Milan to protest ICE's role at the Games.
Protesters have called the way ICE works in the United States creeping fascism.
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