JAKARTA - The Mayor of Milan Giuseppe Sala strongly rejected the plan to involve officers from the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) branch to secure the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy.
Milan will also host a number of matches in the 2026 Winter Olympics, which will be held from February 6-22.
"These are the militias who killed... It is clear that they are not accepted in Milan, there is no doubt about that," Giuseppe Sala told RTL 102.5 radio, quoted by AFP, Tuesday, January 27.
"Can't we just say no to (US President Donald) Trump once?" he continued.
The strong rejection comes after reports that ICE was likely to be involved in US security measures for the Olympics, which generally take place in northern Italy.
The protection of US citizens during the Olympic Games abroad is led by the Diplomatic Security Service (DSS) of the US State Department.
ICE officers are opposed in Italy and many other parties because of their brutal actions in mass deportation operations in the US. ICE officers who were supposed to oversee US border security, but were directed by US President Donald Trump in immigration policy.
Meanwhile, there were strong protests against the actions of ICE officers in the US due to the deaths of two US civilians during immigration enforcement operations in Minneapolis.
Criticism of ICE's involvement in Italy also came from a member of the European Parliament from the Democratic Party, Alessandro Zan. He condemned the plan and considered it an "unacceptable" policy.
"In Italy, we do not want those who trample on human rights and act beyond the control of any democracy," he wrote on X.
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