‘A militia that kills’: uproar in Italy over ICE security role at Winter Olympics
Milan’s mayor says agents ‘clearly not welcome’ in co-host city and that Italy can take care of security itselfA unit of US immigration and customs enforcement agents (ICE) will have...
By Angela Giuffrida in Rome and Jakub Krupa · The Guardian World
Milan’s mayor says agents ‘clearly not welcome’ in co-host city and that Italy can take care of security itself A unit of US immigration and customs enforcement agents (ICE) will have a security role in the upcoming Winter Olympic games in Italy, sparking uproar and petitions against the deployment. Sources at the US embassy in Rome confirmed a statement from ICE, the agency embroiled in a brutal immigration crackdown in the US, saying that federal agents would support diplomatic security details during the Milan-Cortina games but would not run any enforcement operations. Continue reading...