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A protester holds a sign at the site where a woman was shot and killed by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, on January 7
Agents from the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) will be sent to Italy for the Winter Olympics, an agency spokesperson confirmed this Wednesday. Gregory Bovino was removed from office and Trump will be reconsidering his more aggressive ‘tactics’.
The Winter Olympic Games will take place in northern Italy between the 6th and 22nd of February.
According to Agence France Presse (AFP), the Internal Security Service (HSI) of the ICE will supportat the event, the US State Department’s Diplomatic Security Service, “as well as the host country“.
According to the same source, the North American agents will have the mission to assessment and mitigation of risks related to transnational criminal organizations.
Still, according to the Italian news agency ANSA, ICE agents will have a “very limited” role in security of elements of the US Government at the Milan-Cortina 2026 Olympic Games.
Scandals with ICE and deposed Greg Bovino
ICE agents involved in controversial operations in the USA are being heavily challenged after , a 37-year-old American nurse, in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Pretti, was shot dead by federal police involved in anti-immigration operations, as well, in the same city.
Nonetheless, Gregory BovinoICE commander and leading figure in immigration enforcement, was dismissed and will leave the State of Minnesota, after so much criticism and demonstrations over the deaths of the two civilians.
According to two US Administration officials speaking to , Bovino, who oversees immigration enforcement in Minneapolis under orders from the President Donald Trumpmust leave the city of Minneapolis this Tuesday.
The match takes place shortly after Donald Trump announced, through social media, that he highlighted Tom Homanthe immigration officer (known as the ‘border czar’), to lead ICE’s operation in Minneapolis.
As writes, the Bovino’s sudden firing is the clearest sign yet that the Trump administration is reconsidering more aggressive tactics following the assassination by Alex Pretti.
In the last 24 hours, former heads of state Barack Obama e Bill Clinton (Democratic Party) vehemently criticized the actions of the police force.
