JAKARTA - The United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) will not have full authority in law enforcement limited to the role of guarding the US contingent at the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics.
Citing AFP, Wednesday, February 4, Italian Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi reiterated this during a meeting with parliament today, Wednesday, February 4, or two days before the winter sports event opens.
Matteo added that the assignment of ICE Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) agents was different from that carried out by ICE officers in immigration operations in the US.
According to him, the HSI ICE at the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics will only operate within the US diplomatic mission and "not an operational agency" and "does not have executive functions."
He said the anger over the presence of ICE agents, including that expressed by the Mayor of Milan that they were not welcome in Italy during the Olympics which took place from February 6-22, was "completely unfounded."
ICE officers are opposed in Italy for 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 a hardline immigration policy.
The opposition to ICE agents in the US is also due to the death of two US civilians during an immigration enforcement operation in Minneapolis.
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