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mysteryowl

(8,518 posts)
Wed Jan 28, 2026, 07:51 AM Yesterday

Italy is furious that "A militia that kills" is performing security at the Olympics

Milan mayor says agents ‘not welcome’ in co-host city and Italy can take care of security itself.

A unit of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents will have a security role in the Winter Olympic Games in Italy, sparking uproar and petitions against the deployment.

Sources at the US embassy in Rome confirmed a statement from ICE, the agency embroiled in a brutal immigration crackdown in the US, saying that federal agents would support diplomatic security details during the Milan-Cortina Games but would not run any enforcement operations.

The statement said: “At the Olympics, ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) is supporting the US Department of State’s Diplomatic Security Service and host nation to vet and mitigate risks from transnational criminal organisations.

“All security operations remain under Italian authority.”


https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/27/italy-ice-security-role-winter-olympics

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ICE role at the Winter Olympics prompts fury in Italy
It isn't unusual for Homeland Security Investigations to work on such marquee events abroad. But the division's affiliation with ICE has sparked anger in Italy.

https://www.nbcnews.com/world/italy/ice-role-winter-olympics-prompts-fury-italy-rcna256087

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Italian officials voice outrage at the presence of U.S. ICE agents at the 2026 Olympics

A growing number of Italian politicians are pushing back against a plan for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents to help provide security at the Milan Winter Olympics.

https://www.npr.org/2026/01/27/nx-s1-5690100/winter-olympics-ice-agents-milan-italy



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Italy is furious that "A militia that kills" is performing security at the Olympics (Original Post) mysteryowl Yesterday OP
Apparently, Italian higher ups approved it................. Lovie777 Yesterday #1
stop whining, ITALIAN OFFICIALS HAB911 Yesterday #2
Who? The Italians I am assuming. mysteryowl Yesterday #3
LOL, yes the Italians that are whining HAB911 Yesterday #4
The Italian government in power is all for it: Meloni, Piantedosi, and Attilio Fontana Prairie Gates Yesterday #6
Okay mysteryowl Yesterday #7
Perhaps you could have made that clear? Your post could be taken niyad 22 hrs ago #14
Sorry, but I don't agree HAB911 22 hrs ago #21
wow. niyad 21 hrs ago #22
I fixed it just for you HAB911 20 hrs ago #24
Thank you. Greatly appreciated. niyad 19 hrs ago #25
It's good that they are mad. It might help them get rid of their right wing menace. travelingthrulife 22 hrs ago #18
Italy has a Putin approved fascist leader too. Initech 21 hrs ago #23
Translation of Milan's Mayor's statement here Prairie Gates Yesterday #5
Europeans and especially Italians should boycott the games. MLWR 23 hrs ago #8
This doesn't make any sense angrychair 23 hrs ago #9
He's jealous of others having vastly superior athletics to him so he's gotta ruin it for them. Clouds Passing 23 hrs ago #10
ETTD littlemissmartypants 23 hrs ago #13
Had to look it up. He must be the Grim Reaper incarnate. Clouds Passing 22 hrs ago #15
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement... GiqueCee 23 hrs ago #11
This is clearly NOT in ICE's purview., but the fascists are trying to rebrand ICE as an SS type of outfit ms liberty 23 hrs ago #12
Just arrest them when they go through customs. AllyCat 22 hrs ago #16
Crickets from the Pope.... BattleRow 22 hrs ago #17
Why are you dissing the Pope? He has been doing and saying some very good things. travelingthrulife 22 hrs ago #19
Boycott Olympic Broadcasters Daddy J 22 hrs ago #20
Maybe they want to make sure no American athletes Luz 17 hrs ago #26

Lovie777

(22,131 posts)
1. Apparently, Italian higher ups approved it.................
Wed Jan 28, 2026, 08:06 AM
Yesterday

but apparently did not discuss this approval with the mayor.

Giorgia Meloni, Prime Minister of Italy, is a RWer.

Prairie Gates

(7,431 posts)
6. The Italian government in power is all for it: Meloni, Piantedosi, and Attilio Fontana
Wed Jan 28, 2026, 08:27 AM
Yesterday

(President of Lombardy).

The complaints here are coming from Milan's mayor, who has no power to stop the actions of the national or regional government, like, say, a Dem mayor of a city in a GOP state.

That said, you're absolutely right that the Italian people should do something, and probably will.

niyad

(130,225 posts)
14. Perhaps you could have made that clear? Your post could be taken
Wed Jan 28, 2026, 10:27 AM
22 hrs ago

to be attacking the OP.

HAB911

(10,328 posts)
21. Sorry, but I don't agree
Wed Jan 28, 2026, 10:44 AM
22 hrs ago

what could the poster of the OP possible do in that regard? Nothing in fact, unless the poster is an Italian official.

travelingthrulife

(4,701 posts)
18. It's good that they are mad. It might help them get rid of their right wing menace.
Wed Jan 28, 2026, 10:32 AM
22 hrs ago

She set it up, let her take the heat.

Initech

(107,810 posts)
23. Italy has a Putin approved fascist leader too.
Wed Jan 28, 2026, 11:58 AM
21 hrs ago

Not sure if they will do anything.

angrychair

(11,818 posts)
9. This doesn't make any sense
Wed Jan 28, 2026, 09:41 AM
23 hrs ago

Ice are not trained for security details, they are border agents. It's not the same thing, same concerns or mission.
That is why organizations like the secret service and diplomatic security services at State exist.
This operation would be lead by the SS, not the gestapo.

Clouds Passing

(7,308 posts)
10. He's jealous of others having vastly superior athletics to him so he's gotta ruin it for them.
Wed Jan 28, 2026, 09:43 AM
23 hrs ago

GiqueCee

(3,543 posts)
11. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement...
Wed Jan 28, 2026, 09:43 AM
23 hrs ago

... has NO business exerting influence outside our borders, and near zero support here, for that matter. It's just the Orange Butterball throwing its weight around to try and control everything everywhere. It thinks it rules the world.
Satan, Sweetie, Baby, Cookie, Honey, it's time to call your fat, feral monstrosity home. Use a Big Mac as a lure. Works every time.

ms liberty

(11,038 posts)
12. This is clearly NOT in ICE's purview., but the fascists are trying to rebrand ICE as an SS type of outfit
Wed Jan 28, 2026, 09:56 AM
23 hrs ago

That is the only reason to take them on an international trip, IMO.
Editing to add, SS ostensibly as in Secret Service, but a hat tip to the Gestapo.

Daddy J

(17 posts)
20. Boycott Olympic Broadcasters
Wed Jan 28, 2026, 10:40 AM
22 hrs ago

We need to quick-start a campaign to boycott Winter Olympics broadcaster NBC & others. Any company who supports ICE in any way must be shamed for ‘sleeping with the enemy’.

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