ICE officers arrive on the Winter Olympics in Italy | EUROtoday

Officials from the controversial immigration company ICE are to be concerned in on-site safety on the Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo on behalf of the US authorities. This was reported by the AP information company, citing the US Embassy in Rome. The ICE officers are presupposed to assist the safety service of the US State Department and never perform immigration management measures.

As issues at the moment stand, US Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio will attend the grand opening ceremony of the Winter Games on February sixth. The presence and work of ICE officers ought to be restricted to their security. Federal authorities had already supported safety for US diplomats at earlier Olympic Games, AP reported.

When contacted, the International Olympic Committee mentioned safety on the Olympic Games was the duty of the host nation authorities. They would work intently with the collaborating delegations. The IOC in any other case referred to the US Olympic and Paralympic Committee.

The authorities in Rome is making an attempt to downplay the position of ICE officers on the video games. “Let’s be clear: It’s not the case that they come to maintain public order on the streets. They come to work in the operations centers,” Italian information company Ansa quoted Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani as saying. He introduced that the Interior Minister would additionally communicate to the US Ambassador in Rome about this.

The doable deployment of officers from the authority is inflicting pleasure within the host nation of the Winter Games. The mayor of Milan, Giuseppe Sala, rejects their presence. “As mayor of Milan and as an Italian, I definitely do not want this private police force to come to Milan. It is a police force that acts and kills completely illegally.”

The authority has come below criticism after the deadly capturing of two US residents throughout their operations. At the start of January, Renée Good was killed by photographs from an ICE officer. Last Saturday, nurse Alex Pretti was shot lifeless by federal officers throughout an operation. There are protests throughout the nation in opposition to US President Donald Trump’s deportation coverage and the actions of the emergency companies.

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