USA to Send ICE Agents to Winter Olympics

28th January 2026

The US immigration agency has said it is sending agents to help support American security operations during the Milan-Cortina Winter Games.

Agency officers have been involved in two fatal shootings in Minneapolis.

Confirmation of the agency’s role came from the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), after reports prompted alarm and anger in Italy.

“This is a militia that kills… of course they’re not welcome in Milan,” the city’s mayor, Beppe Sala, told Italian radio.

An ICE spokesperson stressed that “all security operations remain under Italian authority”.

The agency’s statement explained that “ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) is supporting the US Department of State’s Diplomatic Security Service and host nation to vet and mitigate risks from transnational criminal organisations”.

It would “obviously” not conduct immigration enforcement operations outside the US, it said.

Olympic Rings.