Overview
- Hundreds protested in central Milan on Saturday with 'No ICE in Milano' signs, urging the agents to leave Italy.
- U.S. officials said HSI will only advise the State Department’s Diplomatic Security Service on intelligence and risk vetting with no patrolling or immigration enforcement, and that Italian authorities retain operational control.
- Milan Mayor Giuseppe Sala, former Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, and lawmaker Carlo Calenda publicly criticized the plan, with Sala saying the city does not need ICE.
- The demonstrations were fueled by recent fatal shootings in Minneapolis involving ICE and CBP, which prompted widespread protests in the United States.
- Lombardy Governor Attilio Fontana said the deployment relates to protecting visiting U.S. dignitaries including Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, while the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee said it does not work with ICE.