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ICE Agents Set to Have Security Role During Winter Olympics in Italy, Prompting Uproar

https://variety.com/2026/sports/glob...ly-1236642001/

The prospect of ICE agents in Italy following the recent killings of U.S. citizens Renee Good and Alex Pretti on the streets of Minneapolis has sparked strong polemics.

The controversy comes amid political backlash in Italy over footage that surfaced on social media on Sunday of two Italian state broadcaster RAI journalists who were reporting in Minneaolis for a RAI show called “In Mezz’Ora.” Their car was stopped and surrounded by ICE agents who threatened to break their car window and extract them from the vehicle. Italy’s centre-left opposition on Sunday called on the country’s right-wing government, headed by premier Giorgia Meloni, to protest to the U.S. over the incident

On Tuesday, Milan Mayor Giuseppe Sala said that ICE agents were “not welcome.”

“This is a militia that kills … It’s clear that they are not welcome in Milan, there’s no doubt about it. Can’t we just say no to Trump for once?” the mayor said in an interview with Italy’s RTL 102.5 radio.