Why are ICE agents going to the Winter Olympics in Italy? – video explainer
by Jakub Krupa, Elena Morresi, Stefania Orlando and B from US news | The Guardian on (#736DB)
A unit of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents will join a US delegation to the Winter Olympics in Italy, sparking confusion and uproar in the country.
Guardian reporter Jakub Krupa looks at what role the agency, which is embroiled in a violent US immigration crackdown, might have at the Milan-Cortina Games.
ICE said agents would 'vet and mitigate risks from transnational criminal organisations' but not run enforcement operations.
Milan's mayor, Giuseppe Sala, said the the agents would be unwelcome in the city. 'This is a militia that kills,' he said
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