ICE officers will be used as security for February’s Milan Cortina Winter Olympics, despite opposition from Italian government officials.
ICE agents will reportedly be used as security officers during next month’s Milan Cortina Winter Olympic Games, but the Italian city’s mayor said the “militia” group is not welcome as the agency is under fire for the killing of two people in Minneapolis.
A picture shows the Olympic rings with the Women's Alpine skiing Olympia delle Tofane slope in the background, ahead of Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic and Paralympic Games, in Cortina d'Ampezzo,Its officers will be used as security for Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who will attend therejected ICE’s presence, referring to the U.S. agency as a “militia that kills” in an interview with RTL Radio, saying they are a “militia that enters into the homes of people, signing their own permission slips. It is clear they are not welcome in Milan, without a doubt.”to Trump, just this once? ICE Officers shouldn’t come to Italy because they are not aligned with our democratic way of managing security,” Sala told the radio station. ICE’s inclusion at the Olympics is also not welcomed by Alessandro Zan, a left-wing member of the European parliament, who said in aon X, “In Italy, we don't want those who trample human rights and act outside any democratic control. It's unacceptable to think that an agency of this kind could have a role, whatever it may be, in our country.”Backlash against ICE continues to grow following last weekend’s fatal shooting of Alex Pretti by a Border Patrol officer in Minneapolis. He is the second person this month to have been killed by a federal agent in the city, following Renee Good’s Jan. 7 death. It has led to growing calls for ICE to be removed from the city, with Border Patrol commander Greg Bovino set to leave Minnesota and no longer oversee the federal agency’s operations in the state. President Donald Trump said Monday he had “good”with both Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, writing in a post on X: “Lots of progress is being made” about the unrest in the state.
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