Ice in Milan during the Games? Interior Ministry sources: "It will not operate in Italy"

“Yes denies that Ice USA will operate in Italy”. This is what qualified sources from the Public Security Department of the Ministry of the Interior say. “To date there are no collaboration agreements signed for the Olympics – underline the same sources – Every public order and security activity in Italy is managed, without the possibility of exceptions, by the Ministry of the Interior and by the territorial structures: prefectures and police headquarters. At the moment, it does not appear that US Ice agents are following the American delegation in order to escort it. The composition of the US escort, in fact, has not yet been communicated by their authorities”.

The president of the Lombardy Region Fontana, Ice only for the safety of Vance and Rubio

“It’s a completely different matter that doesn’t concern our country, it absolutely doesn’t concern the problems that can occur here. Ice will be here” on the occasion of the Winter Olympics “only to monitor Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, so it will only be on a defensive measure, but I’m convinced that nothing will happen.” This was said by the president of the Lombardy Region, Attilio Fontana. “Their presence is limited to acting as bodyguard to Vice President Vance and Rubio, so whether they are there, whether there are others, the job they have to do is always the same, be careful that no one pushes them or that something happens to them”, concluded Fontana.

Question to the Democratic Party’s Senate

“Regarding the presence of Ice agents at the Winter Olympics in Milan-Cortina, news first confirmed and then denied again today, most recently by the president of the Lombardy Region Attilio Fontana, the PD group in the Senate presented a question first signed by the Milanese senator Cristina Tajani and signed by the entire group”. This is what we read in a note. “The Minister of the Interior and the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation” are asked to know “whether the news regarding the presence of Ice at the Milan-Cortina 2026 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games is true; if so, to clarify on the basis of which agreements or protocols the use of Ice is envisaged to guarantee the safety of the Vice President and the Secretary of State of the United States, usually entrusted to the United States Secret Service; whether and what authorizations have possibly been granted for access – direct or indirect – of foreign personnel to Italian databases, information systems and sensitive data flows, including those connected to accreditations, ticketing, logistics and security; guarantee that any processing takes place in full compliance with Italian and European data protection legislation and with transparent and verifiable cybersecurity standards”.