Italy criticized sending ICE agents from the United States to guard the Olympics

A scandal has broken out in Italy over the future involvement of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in providing security at the 2026 Winter Olympics. This was reported on January 27 by The Guardian newspaper.

"A unit of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers will perform security functions at the upcoming Winter Olympic Games in Italy, which has caused a wave of outrage and petitions against this decision," the material says.

Information that ICE agents will help monitor security at the Games was confirmed by sources at the US Embassy in Rome. This information caused a wave of outrage throughout Italy, especially after two recent fatal shootings in Minneapolis, USA.

Milan Mayor Giuseppe Sala said that American agents "will not be welcome in the city" because they do not guarantee compliance with Italian democratic methods of security management.

Alessandro Zahn, a member of the European Parliament from the center-left Democratic Party, said the presence of U.S. immigration and customs enforcement agents in Italy was unacceptable.

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