Italians Protest US Plans to Deploy ICE at Winter Olympics
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-27/italians-protest-us-plans-to-deploy-ice-at-winter-olympics
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Italians Protest US Plans to Deploy ICE at Winter Olympics
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-27/italians-protest-us-plans-to-deploy-ice-at-winter-olympics
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*Alessandra Migliaccio for Bloomberg News*
Italian officials protested US plans to deploy some ICE staff at this year’s Winter Olympics, underscoring how the agency’s role in an immigration crackdown at home is stirring opposition overseas.
Speaking on local radio, Milan Mayor Giuseppe Sala said Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents “are not welcome” in his city. He was echoed by Italian opposition leaders including former Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte who demanded Italy bar them from entering the country.
An online petition asking Italy to block them at the border got more than 30,000 signatures in a few hours.
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Fucking joke. They can be barred and have zero authority
Imagine going to watch skiing and ending up in an immigration checkpoint talk about the wrong kind of ICE.
Yeah totally not a private militia for a fascist regime.
Good
Since when does the stupid f’n US think ANY of their ‘police’ forces have jurisdiction in Italy? Supposing they’re bringing over their own weapons and various crowd ‘sprays’? Maybe they want to just rent them in Italy. Trump and the US are a danger to world order.
Will they deport Italians? I won’t be surprised if they try
What are “United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement” agents supposed to do in Italy? to my knowledge Italy does not share a land border with the US. sadly /j, I know the ICE have become Trumps own blackshirt army.
Good. Those fuckers should not have peace anywhere they go.
It is also worth pointing out Milan isn’t exaxtky a conservative city. While not nowhere left-wing as Bologna, it is politically very liberal
FBI and Swcret Service i can understand and think most people would accept but ICE. Not chance in hell. If the antics we are seeing are anything fo go by they would end up shooting a comoetitor or tourist for ‘looking at them.funny’
I’m surprised that the Lega didn’t invite the rosgvardia as well.
When Hitler would “travel”, he would bring his personal army as security. Why wouldn’t these fascists do the same?
We don’t even want them here and they want to send them there? Italy should just block the US from participating in the Olympics or US Athletes should say they won’t go if ICE is involved in anything there. Why have immigration, border and customs agents for a different country there as security, especially now when ICE is really just random people with guns that have 0 training and just walk around in military cosplay thinking they’re tough. I would say they should send other agencies but honestly with this administration I wouldn’t want any of them going there.
These are armed criminals, committing murder, kidnapping children, men and women. All in the name of Trump.
These people are not welcome in Europe.
I know a nice town square where they can “hang out”
Jurisdictions ? How is this even possible ? Hopefully the Italian authorities arrest the agents.
paranoid trumpsters who don’t understand how the rest of the world operates.
Ice is a death squad.
ICE terrorists may panick and start shooting everyone speaking a language other than English.
What legal authority does ICE have in a sovereign European country?
How would that even work?!
WTF?! Do Americans seriously believe ICE has any authority oudside US borders? What would ICE do in Italy? This isn’t USA, you can’t carry weapons here.
I don’t understand why ICE would be used to protect the president et al instead of secret service. This goes well outside the job description of ICE
What authority do these ICE entities have in Europe? Is Europe under occupation by brown shirts now?
EU can arrest and imprison them..
Gestapo 2.0?! is it?
f—ing hilarious. Even the science fiction stuff I use to read did not come with this stuff.
Don’t tell me.. could it be that Italy is colluding with the Gestapo? It figures.
I don’t get it. What is the point? Are Italians going to be deported to Mexico now?
Am I getting this right ? USA want to send ICE militia to Italy ? But why ? What’s their role there ? Deport people with American passport ? Cause they ain’t deporting no European there. And as security details ? Don’t they have secret service for that ?
You do realize that winter Olympics are usually surrounded by ice right?
Trump is prolly bringing ICE to Italy so they can start recruiting some Italian fascists.
As well as using ICE’s new spy technology that can pretty much track anyone, expat Americans or even Italians ICE considers a “terror threat.”
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HUD9atKkUo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HUD9atKkUo)
Imagine the french Légion étrangère making security at the FIFA Cup in US….
Imagine visiting Ice hockey ring to be greeted by ice.
I heard they know exactly how to deal with the Camicie Nere in Italy.
I.C.E. does not know, respect, or obey the laws of their own country. Why the hell would they be allowed to even attempt to enforce another country’s laws?
Spectators will be shot dead in the stands.
Oh here is an idea. Why don’t we just replace the Secret Service with Jan. 6th rioters.
Did not have ICE being deployed in Italy on my bingo card… Jesus Christ, who writes this timeline?
When we said “ICE out” that’s not what we meant.
They do realize that when they kill an Italian citizen, they can’t just go on Fox News to shout about how the victim was a domestic terrorist, right?
Can we just ban the yanks full stop? Whether it would be the doping, the annexation threats, the obnoxiousness and now they’re bringing their paramilitaries. Would we remotely miss them?
Why TF is ICE being allowed? Total BS!
As an American against our current administration, I was sick to my stomach this morning reading this. We are fighting so hard to defeat these masked criminals. Praying Europe will ban them, if not the US entirely, from the games. We need pressure from every area to survive and bring an end to this occupation
Just boycott as many things American as possible for a good while, simple.
Genuine question that I can’t find the answer to – is it normal for any country to bring their own security to the Olympics? If so, how does that usually work with the host nation?
If I.C.E. pulls in with a train pulling boxcars and they insists “everyone get onboard”…………DON’T DO IT!!!
Serious question. Can’t Italy just deny them entry?
We got to be sure there aren’t some American competitors that should be competing for Mexico. This is all being done in fairness. No reason to overreact.
Maybe they should rename them to something less suspicious when operating outside the US. Maybe OMON?
Deploy what? Where?
After centuries of bitter wars between us, do you, my dear fellow European citizens, fancy a general brawl against our American nephew whom we haven’t properly educated ?
Oh no, it’d be a shame if some Italian police arrested them for being in the country for not having the correct paperwork.
Be a reaaaal shame