A “routine deployment” of U.S. ICE agents to Italy to “assist with security around next month’s Winter Olympics has raised the ire of locals, including the mayor of Milan, a key host city,” according to Faiola, Raji & Maese of the WASHINGTON POST. Milan Mayor Giuseppe Sala said, “ICE’s image is terrible.” He added that ICE “posed a political ‘problem.’” Sala: “I’m sure that the Milanese are unhappy with having this sort of militia” here, “which kills people in the U.S., entering houses without permission,” he said, referring to recent events in Minneapolis. Of the Italian government, he asked: “Is it possible that you could say ‘no’ once to Mr. Trump? Once! Quite simply.” The organizing committee for the Milan Cortina Games said in a statement Wednesday, “All security operations on Italian territory remain under the exclusive responsibility and direction of the Italian authorities.” The committee helps facilitate coordination and “needs identified by the competent authorities” (WASHINGTON POST, 1/28).
Milan mayor slams ICE role in Olympics security
