TLDRUS Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents will have a security role at the Winter Olympics in Italy, sparking outrage and petitions against their deployment. Milan’s mayor, Giuseppe Sala, has stated that ICE agents are ‘clearly not welcome’ in the city, and that Italy can handle security itself. ICE has confirmed that its Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) unit will support diplomatic security details during the games, but will not conduct any enforcement operations. The presence of ICE agents has caused controversy in Italy, particularly in light of recent fatal shootings of US citizens by ICE agents in Minneapolis.

Source: The Guardian January 27, 2026 16:24 UTC