The Italians are hosting this year's winter Olympics and are preparing to protest the US using ICE to provide security details. Leaders and citizens are highly concerned with the undemocratic tactics, poor training, and outward brutality by these "American thugs". Italian leaders are talking about next steps but they reinforce the notion that Italy guarantees safety of its athletes and that may not be in alignment with having American ICE agents participate.
Good news is there is a new conservative slogan: ICE: Too Far Right For Mussolini Supporters
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The Milan Cortina Winter Olympics will likely see US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents involved in a security capacity.
The move has sparked anger from Milan’s mayor Giuseppe Sala, who maintains “they are not welcome” in the Italian city.
ICE will participate at the Games, AP sources at the US embassy in Rome confirmed, with federal agents clarifying that they will assist with diplomatic security details rather than conducting immigration enforcement operations.
“They are not welcome in Milan. They are not aligned with our democratic way of managing security,” Mr Sala told RTL Radio 102.
Good news is there is a new conservative slogan: ICE: Too Far Right For Mussolini Supporters
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Milan mayor, Giuseppe Sala, has said ICE agents are ‘not welcome in Milan’ ahead of next month’s Winter Olympics
The Milan Cortina Winter Olympics will likely see US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents involved in a security capacity.
The move has sparked anger from Milan’s mayor Giuseppe Sala, who maintains “they are not welcome” in the Italian city.
ICE will participate at the Games, AP sources at the US embassy in Rome confirmed, with federal agents clarifying that they will assist with diplomatic security details rather than conducting immigration enforcement operations.
“They are not welcome in Milan. They are not aligned with our democratic way of managing security,” Mr Sala told RTL Radio 102.