Italian officials express reservations about the presence of ICE agents in Italy for the upcoming Olympics, citing concerns over past operations and potential overreach. The agents are slated to support diplomatic security, but some officials are wary of their involvement due to ICE's track record and the potential for a negative impact.
Per the AP’s sources, the agents will be involved in diplomatic security details and are not running immigration-enforcement operations there. Department of Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin toldthat agents with ICE ’s Homeland Security Investigations unit would be “supporting” the U.
.S. State Department and Italy “to vet and mitigate risks from transnational criminal organizations.” “All security operations remain under Italian authority,” she added. This won’t be the first Olympics where ICE has been involved in security efforts for U.S. diplomats, per the AP. But with increasingly violent ICE operations throughout the U.S. — particularly inat the hands of DHS in the past month alone — Italian officials are not happy. In a Tuesday interview with Italian radio station RTL Radio 102, Milan mayor Giuseppe Sala said that ICE would not be welcome in his city. “This is a militia that kills, 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,’’ Sala said, per the AP. Former Italian prime minister Giuseppe Conte also spoke out against the prospect of ICE’s presence in the country, writing in a statement onthat Italian leaders “must make clear decisions” to “set our own boundaries.” “After street violence and killings in the USA, we now learn from their spokesperson that ICE agents will come to Italy for security at the Milan-Cortina Olympics. We cannot allow this,” Conte said. Other officials seem to be downplaying how much ICE will be involved — Italian foreign minister Antonio Tajani emphasized in an interview with Italian radio station RAI that the ICE agents coming are “from a specific unit,” per. “It’s not like they’re the ones on the streets of Minneapolis,” Tajani said. “It’s not like the SS are coming.”28 Best Sneakers for Women in Every Single StyleMartha Stewart’s Granddaughter Got Her to Post About ICE Thanks to 14-year-old Jude Stewart, Martha wrote that she’s “disheartened” citizens can be “attacked and even killed by Federal troops.”In certain corners of Instagram and TikTok, it’s never too early to start thinking about the health of your future child. Life on Peptides Feels AmazingDid Bella Hadid and Her Cowboy Break Up?In subtle or direct ways, designers take on topics related to the chaos and cruelty in today’s world, a police-state culture.The Wall Street JournalPat McGrath Labs Filed for Chapter 11 BankruptcyYou'll receive the next newsletter in your inbox.New York
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