ICE deployment to Milan-Cortina Olympics triggers Italian outcry
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Ahead of the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics (Feb 6-22), ICE says its Homeland Security Investigations will assist security operations and vet risks from transnational criminal groups in coordination with the State Department and Italian authorities, but it will not conduct immigration enforcement in Italy. The plan drew anger and concern in Italy, with officials stressing that security remains under Italian control and opposing foreign police presence on Italian soil.
- US to send ICE agents to Winter Olympics, prompting Italian anger BBC
- Italians furious over deployment of ICE agents to bolster US security at Winter Olympics CNN
- ICE agents will have a security role at Milan Cortina Olympics AP News
- Milan mayor calls ICE "a militia that kills" and says agents not welcome as part of U.S. Olympic security CBS News
- ‘A militia that kills’: uproar in Italy over ICE security role at Winter Olympics The Guardian
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