Turmoil in Italy: US ICE will be at 2026 Winter Olympics

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USA TODAY

ICE agents who are part of Homeland Security Investigations will have a small security support role for the upcoming Milano Cortina Winter Olympics in Italy, according to a person familiar with the matter. http://bit.ly/4q07nqc

https://x.com/USATODAY/status/2016196389907083552

Renew Europe

It is not acceptable that US ICE agents will be at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina.

In Europe, we do not want people who ignore human rights and avoid democratic control.

Our union, our values, our rules!

https://x.com/RenewEurope/status/2016179896167411855

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Pop Base

Milan Mayor Giuseppe Sala reveals that ICE agents are not welcome in his city during the Winter Olympics:

“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.”

https://x.com/PopBase/status/2016145877757272332

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AFP News Agency

⛷️ 🇮🇹 🇺🇸 A branch of the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) will help with security for the Winter Olympics in Italy, it confirmed on Tuesday, sparking anger and warnings from Milan's mayor that they were "not welcome" ➡️ https://u.afp.com/SBr3

https://x.com/AFP/status/2016104405087506905

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RussiaNews 🇷🇺

🚨⚡️Italian politicians from center-left parties staged a protest at the Lombardy regional council. The reason was rumors that American ICE agents may be involved in security at the upcoming Winter Olympics in Milan.

https://x.com/mog_russEN/status/2016224439806079362

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Megatron

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🇮🇹🇺🇸 Milan Mayor Giuseppe Sala reveals that ICE agents are not welcome in his city during the Winter Olympics:

"This is a militia that kills, a militia that enters the homes of people, signing their own permission slips. It is clear they are not welcome in Milan, without a doubt."

ICE agents will have a "security role" during the upcoming Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics, Rome's U.S. embassy says.

https://x.com/Megatron_ron/status/2016209735578431767

Al Arabiya English

Giovanni Malago, President of the Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics organising committee, says ICE agents will be present in Italy “for technical reasons only” during the Winter Olympics because high-ranking US officials are in the country.

https://x.com/AlArabiya_Eng/status/2016181374546272543

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The Left in the European Parliament

🚨 Following the murder of protesters and widespread arbitrary detentions in the USA, ICE cannot be allowed in Europe.

We are calling for an immediate travel ban on all ICE agents.

This is now urgent following reports ICE will policy the Winter Olympics in Italy 🚨

https://x.com/Left_EU/status/2016220564013134066

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Wyatt Reed

Despite being a domestic agency, ICE has managed to cause an international incident.

Its plan to send agents to the Winter Olympics is drawing outrage in Italy, with the mayor of Milan warning against allowing the “militia that kills” into their country.

Their case isn’t helped by new footage this week showing ICE threatening Italian journalists: “we will break your window and we will pull you out of the vehicle.”

https://x.com/wyattreed13/status/2016190473648357748

Translated from Spanish
It looks like footage from a war zone...

ICE agents threaten Italian team from the RAI's #InMezzora investigative journalism program, who were reporting on the situation in Minneapolis.

ICE: "We're going to smash your window and pull you out of the vehicle."

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Anadolu English


💥 Clashes broke out in Milan during a protest against the Milano-Cortina Winter Olympics, which officially opened a day earlier

🪧 Thousands of demonstrators chanted slogans against the presence of US ICE personnel assigned to the event

➡️ Officers used water cannon and pepper spray after protesters threw bottles, flares and fireworks

https://x.com/anadoluagency/status/2020248706029637644

Daniel Mayakovski
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Translated from Spanish
Massive street battle tonight in Milan against the Olympic Games of Shame, where "Israel" was invited as a guest, and Trump’s Gestapo, ICE, also showed up to accompany the U.S. Olympic delegation.

Protesters massively used fireworks and clashed with the repression of fascist Meloni’s regime.

https://x.com/DaniMayakovski/status/2020293392798773670

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Lord Bebo

🇮🇹 In Milan, anti-Olympics protesters fired fireworks at police.

Police responded with water cannons.

Some protested deforestation for Olympic venues; others opposed presence of US ICE agents.

https://x.com/MyLordBebo/status/2020231289807511935