"News that a unit of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement would be part of the security detail for the U.S. delegation during the upcoming Winter Games has set off concern and confusion in Italy, where people have expressed outrage at the inclusion of an agency that has dominated headlines for leading the Trump administration's immigration crackdown. Homeland Security Investigations, a unit within ICE that focuses on cross-border crimes, frequently sends its officers to overseas events like the Olympics to assist with security."
"HSI officers are separate from the ICE arm at the forefront of the immigration crackdown known as Enforcement and Removal Operations, and there was no indication ERO officers were being sent to Italy. That distinction, however, wasn't immediately clear to local media on Tuesday morning. The reaction among some in Italy reflects not only a worsening perception abroad of the administration's tactics on immigration but also underscores a broader rift between the U.S. under President Donald Trump and its international allies."
News that Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), a unit within U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), would be part of the U.S. security detail for the upcoming Winter Games triggered concern and confusion in Italy. HSI focuses on cross-border crimes and routinely deploys officers to overseas events to assist with security, and these officers are distinct from Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO), the ICE arm associated with immigration crackdowns. Initial reports failed to make that distinction, spurring online petitions and public outrage, fueled by a RAI report showing an Italian crew threatened in Minneapolis. Milan's mayor declared ICE unwelcome ahead of the Games.
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