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A unit of agents from the controversial United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement Service (ICE) will accompany the American delegations in the Winter Olympic Games in Italy.
The presence on Italian soil of members of the Trump’s ‘immigration police’ in the eye of the hurricane after the murder in less than two months of two citizens Americans in Mineapolis –Renee Nicole Good y Alex Pretti-, has unleashed the outrage in Italy.
The Italian opposition and even some of the partners of the Government of Giorgia Meloni have shown themselves in recent days against the displacement of this migratory body for the Olympic event, forcing the prime minister, who considers herself Trump’s preferred ally in Europe, to do difficult balances to justify their presence.
He mayor of Milanone of the co-host cities of the Olympic Games, He described ICE as a “militia that kills.” In statements to the radio RTL 102.5, Giuseppe Sala assured: “It is clear that they are not welcome in Milan, there is no doubt about that.”
The senator of Democratic Party (PD) Cristina Tajani, denounced that The image projected by this body in recent months is “the furthest thing from the spirit of inclusion and coexistence” typical of an Olympic event.
It has gone further Italia Viva, an opposition party led by the former prime minister Matteo Renzi, who has defended that ICE agents should be banned from entering Italy.
“ICE, Trump’s anti-immigration militia, is a symbol of violence, repression, abuses and human rights violations. Accepting his presence in Italy is crazy,” the party wrote in X.
Minneapolis residents gather around a makeshift memorial at the site where ICE agents killed Alex Pretti.
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Even Maurizio Lupi, leader of the Noi Moderati party, one of the formations of Meloni’s government coalition, has criticized ICE’s participation in next month’s Games. “It seems like complete idiocy to me,” declared to the newspaper The Republic.
He far-left union USB has announced that it will organize a “ICE OUT – From Minneapolis to Milan” demonstration in the center of Milan on February 6, coinciding with the opening ceremony.
Contributing to this controversy were contradictory versions offered by Washington and Rome on the role of ICE on Italian soil.
While the US embassy in Rome assured that his agents will provide support to the Diplomatic Security Service to mitigate risks from criminal organizations, the Minister of the Interior of Italy, Matteo Piantedosi, He had previously declared that ICE would not operate on Italian territory, defending that security is the exclusive responsibility of the State.
In the face of such confusion and political tension over this issue, The Meloni Government has been forced to force a meeting with the American ambassador in Rome to “clarify” the participation of ICE agents in the Winter Olympics.
“Let’s clarify: it is not that they come to maintain public order in the street. They come to collaborate with the security of the American delegation,” explained the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Antonio Tajani, this Tuesday.
ICE, in the eye of the hurricane
Although ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) division has been present at important sporting events both in the US and abroad, including the Super Bowl or the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, His presence is now uncomfortable following the latest events in Minnesota.
ICE agents shot and killed Alex Jeffrey Pretti this Saturday. a 37-year-old intensive care nurse from Minneapolis.
The victim was participating in demonstrations against immigration operations when he was reduced to the ground by several agents and, according to videos recorded by witnesses, He was already immobilized when they shot him, which has cast doubt on the official version that maintains that the shots were in self-defense.
Alex J. Pretti is shot dead by members of ICE.
More than a month before, on January 7, Another resident of Minneapolis, Renée Nicole Good, was murdered. also 37 years old and mother of three children, after being shot several times by an ICE agent while inside his vehicle during an immigration operation.
The The official version alleged that he tried to use the car as a weapon against the agentsbut videos and testimony indicate that the vehicle was moving slowly and did not pose an imminent threat, prompting his family to commission an independent autopsy that documented multiple gunshot wounds, including a fatal head wound.
Both murders have unleashed a wave of national indignation, with massive protests, complaints from human rights organizations andl announcement of state and local investigations to clarify the use of lethal force by Trump’s immigration agents.
Italy hosts the 25th Winter Olympic Games from February 6 to 22 in the cities of Milan and Cortina with the presence of athletes from 93 countries around the world.