ICE officials to play security role at Milan Cortina Olympics: report

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) volition reportedly play a information relation during the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics successful Italy.

U.S. Embassy officials told The Associated Press connected Tuesday that ICE agents would enactment diplomatic information details and wouldn’t tally immoderate migration enforcement operations.

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Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, including 1 wearing a 'NOT ICE' look covering, locomotion adjacent their vehicles, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, successful Richfield, Minnesota. (AP Photo/Adam Gray)

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Federal agencies person antecedently supported information for U.S. diplomats, including the investigative constituent for ICE called Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) during erstwhile Olympic Games, officials told The Associated Press.

But ICE’s reported engagement successful information didn’t person a lukewarm invited from Italian officials.

Milan Mayor Giuseppe Sala said ICE wouldn’t beryllium invited successful the metropolis arsenic helium cited images of masked agents successful Minneapolis. Milan is acceptable to big astir of the events during the Olympics starting connected Feb. 6.

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Milan's politician Giuseppe Sala attends Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics cauldron lighting, successful beforehand of the Quirinale Presidential Palace, successful Rome, Friday Dec. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, File)

"This is simply a militia that kills, a militia that enters into the homes of people, signing their ain support slips. It is wide they are not invited successful Milan, without a doubt,'' Sala told RTL Radio 102 earlier ICE’s reported information engagement was revealed.

However, Italian Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi said Saturday, portion helium didn’t person accusation that ICE would beryllium astatine the Olympics, helium didn’t "see what the occupation would be," according to ANSA quality agency.

Olympic rings are displayed successful the snowfall astatine the Stelvio Ski Center, venue for the alpine skis and skis mountaineering disciplines astatine the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics successful Bormio, Italy, Jan. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno, File)

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Vice President JD Vance is acceptable to pb an American delegation to be the opening ceremony. Second woman Usha Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio are expected to beryllium a portion of the contingent.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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