US EditionICE "Not Welcome" in Milan to Assist with Winter Olympics Security, Says Mayor
ICE agents will assist the U.S. State Department security team to vet risks from transnational criminal organizations without conducting immigration enforcement, officials said.
- Next month, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement will accompany the U.S. delegation to the Winter Olympics in Italy, the Department of Homeland Security confirmed Tuesday.
- Escalation in Minneapolis raised fears that ICE officers could appear on Italian streets as news of two Americans killed by ICE and U.S. Border Patrol agents spurred outcry and Italian journalists from Rai reported threats.
- After the weekend reports, Italy's Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi told reporters Monday that ICE 'will never operate in Italy' and foreign officers cannot carry out police activities, meeting U.S. ambassador Tilman J. Fertitta.
- Homeland Security Investigations said ICE agents will support U.S. officials at the Milan operations room, with Lombardy's Attilio Fontana stating ICE presence is limited to protecting Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
- After reports over the weekend, Matteo Piantedosi called it a controversy over nothing Monday and met U.S. ambassador Tilman J. Fertitta Tuesday amid outrage and Milan Mayor Beppe Sala's opposition.
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ICE agents at the Winter Olympics in Italy
Andrew Chang explains why the U.S. is sending Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to Italy for the Milano-Cortina Olympics amid outrage over ICE operations in Minnesota. Images provided by The Canadian Press, Reuters and Getty Images
U.S. forces on Italian soil? The planned presence of the ICE immigration authority causes resentment in Italy. The local government is trying to appease.
On Monday, the Italian Minister of the Interior vehemently denied that ICE agents would be attending the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics next week, but the news was official a day later. Operation "damage control" in Rome is now in full swing: "They're not SS officers after all."
The U.S. wants to send ICE agents to the Winter Olympics. In Italy there is strong resistance, Milan's mayor makes it clear that the officials are not welcome. Why do they come anyway?
US immigration and customs officials are to protect Vice President Vance and Foreign Minister Rubio in Milan. The matter is causing bitter quarrels in Italy.
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