ICE officials to play security role at Milan Cortina Olympics: report

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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) will reportedly play a security role during the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics in Italy.

U.S. Embassy officials told The Associated Press on Tuesday that ICE agents would support diplomatic security details and wouldn’t run any immigration enforcement operations.

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Fox News Digital reached out to ICE for comment.

Federal agencies have previously supported security for U.S. diplomats, including the investigative component for ICE called Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) during previous Olympic Games, officials told The Associated Press.

But ICE’s reported involvement in security didn’t receive a warm welcome from Italian officials.

Milan Mayor Giuseppe Sala said ICE wouldn’t be welcome in the city as he cited images of masked agents in Minneapolis. Milan is set to host most of the events during the Olympics starting on Feb. 6.

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Milan's Mayor Giuseppe Sala attends Milan Cortina 2026  Winter Olympics cauldron lighting in Rome, Dec. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, File)

"This is a militia that kills, a militia that enters into the homes of people, signing their own permission slips. It is clear they are not welcome in Milan, without a doubt,'' Sala told RTL Radio 102 before ICE’s reported security