VIDEO SHOWS: FILE OF U.S. VICE PRESIDENT JD VANCE, VANCE WITH SECOND LADY USHA VANCE / FILE OF U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE MARCO RUBIO / FILE OF ICE (U.S. IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT) AGENTS / FILE OF ICE COMMANDER GREG BOVINO / PREPS FOR THE OLYMPICS IN MILAN AND CORTINA D'AMPEZZO SHOWS: MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, UNITED STATES (JANUARY 22, 2026) (U.S. NETWORK POOL – No use USA) 1. UNITED STATES VICE PRESIDENT, JD VANCE, APPROACHING MIC, FLANKED BY VEHICLES WITH ICE WRITTEN ON THEM 2. WHITE FLASH 3. VANCE SPEAKING (NOT A SOUNDBITE) WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES (FILE – JUNE 11, 2025) (U.S. NETWORK POOL – No use USA) 4. VARIOUS OF U.S. VICE PRESIDENT, JD VANCE, ARRIVING ON RED CARPET WITH WIFE, USHA VANCE WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES (FILE – OCTOBER 1, 2025) (REUTERS – Access all) 5. WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY, KAROLINE LEAVITT, AND U.S. VICE PRESIDENT, JD VANCE, ENTERING BRIEFING ROOM 6. VANCE SPEAKING (NOT A SOUNDBITE) WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES (DECEMBER 19, 2025) (REUTERS – Access all) 7. U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE, MARCO RUBIO, AT LECTERN 8. RUBIO SPEAKING (NOT A SOUNDBITE) WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES (FILE – JANUARY 7, 2026) (REUTERS – Access all) 9. U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE MARCO RUBIO SPEAKING TO JOURNALISTS AT THE U.S. CAPITOL (NOT A SOUNDBITE) 10. WHITE FLASH 11. RUBIO LEAVING MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, UNITED STATES (RECENT – JANUARY 21, 2026) (REUTERS – Access all) 12. ICE AGENTS OUTSIDE GAS STATION 13. U.S. BORDER PATROL COMMANDER, GREG BOVINO, TALKING AND WALKING WITH BORDER PATROL AGENTS 14. BOVINO SPEAKING WITH JOURNALISTS OUTSIDE GAS STATION (NOT A SOUNDBITE) 15. BOVINO GETTING INTO CAR SURROUNDED BY ICE AGENTS AND DEMONSTRATORS SAINT PAUL, MINNESOTA, UNITED STATES (JANUARY 18, 2026) (REUTERS – Access all) 16. VARIOUS OF ICE (U.S. IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT) AGENTS APPROACHING HOUSE, SOME WITH WEAPONS DRAWN AND FORCING THEIR WAY IN THE FRONT DOOR 17. ARMED ICE AGENTS OUTSIDE HOME 18. ELDERLY MAN IN HIS UNDERWEAR WITH A BLANKET DRAPED OVER HIS SHOULDERS BEING LED OUT HANDCUFFED BY ICE AGENTS MILAN, ITALY (FILE – JANUARY 6, 2026) (REUTERS – Access all) 19. PEOPLE PASSING BY MILAN CATHEDRAL 20. SET UP WITH SCREENS AND BANNER READING 'MILANO CORTINA 2026' 21. VARIOUS OF SIGHTS IN MILAN 22. SIGN SAYING 'MILANO CORTINA 2026' WITH OLYMPIC RINGS 23. PEOPLE WALKING IN MILAN 24. POSTER FOR OLYMPIC GAMES 25. VARIOUS OF MAIN SQUARE IN MILAN / CATHEDRAL 26. OLYMPIC RINGS SIGN BEHIND BARRIERS 27. BANNER FOR OLYMPICS IN FRONT OF CATHEDRAL 28. VARIOUS OF COUNTDOWN SHOWING CLOCK FOR THE START OF THE WINTER OLYMPIC GAMES IN MILAN CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, ITALY (RECENT – JANUARY 21, 2026) (REUTERS – Access all) (MUTE) 29. DRONE VIEW OVER TOFANE ALPINE SKIING CENTRE WITH OLYMPIC GRANDSTAND AND CONSTRUCTION FENCES 30. DRONE VIEW OVER TOFANE ALPINE SKIING CENTRE WITH SNOW CANNONS IN ACTION CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, ITALY (RECENT JANUARY 21, 2026) (REUTERS – Access all) 31. VARIOUS OF SNOW CANNONS IN ACTION 32. CONSTRUCTION WORKERS STANDING ON TOP OF OLYMPIC GRANDSTAND 33. VARIOUS OF GRANDSTAND WITH WORKERS IN ACTION CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, ITALY (RECENT – JANUARY 21, 2026) (REUTERS – Access all) (MUTE) 34. DRONE VIEW OVER OLYMPIC ICE STADIUM WITH CRANES NEXT TO IT CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, ITALY (JANUARY 21, 2026) (REUTERS – Access all) 35. OLYMPIC RINGS ON ROOF OF ICE STADIUM AND BANNER READING 'MILANO CORTINA 2026' 36. ORIGINAL OLYMPIC TORCH FROM 1956 ON TOP OF OLYMPIC ICE CENTRE STORY: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) personnel will help protect U.S. delegations at the Winter Olympics in Italy, a U.S. embassy source said on Tuesday (January 27), confirming local media reports and prompting anger among some Italian politicians. ICE and Border Patrol agents have come under heavy criticism in the United States over their enforcement of President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown after two U.S. citizens were shot dead in separate incidents this month in the state of Minnesota. The embassy source, speaking on condition of anonymity, said ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) division would back up the U.S. State Department's security service at the February 6-22 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics. The HSI agents will not carry out any immigration enforcement activity while in Italy but will rather aim to "mitigate risks from transnational criminal organizations," the source said, without elaborating. "All security operations remain under Italian authority," the source added. Spokespeople for ICE did not immediately respond to questions about deployment in Italy. HSI has been present at major sport events in both the U.S. and abroad in the past, including the Super Bowl and Olympic Games overseas, as part of international partnerships related to human trafficking and drug trafficking, one former official said. While HSI's mission is to focus on transnational crime, many agents in the U.S. have been detailed to support routine immigration enforcement. The U.S. embassy source said HSI had also been present at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. However, some Italian politicians, including the leader of one of the parties in the right-wing coalition of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, an ally of Trump, have criticized the involvement of ICE in next month's Games. "It seems sheer idiocy to me," Maurizio Lupi, leader of the Noi Moderati party in Meloni's governing coalition, told la Repubblica daily, while recognizing that Italian law enforcement bodies may need to coordinate with foreign counterparts. The left-leaning mayor of Milan, one of the cities co-hosting the Olympics, called ICE "a militia that kills." Speaking to RTL 102.5 radio, Giuseppe Sala said: "It's clear that they're not welcome in Milan, there's no doubt about it." Italia Viva, a centrist opposition party led by former Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, said ICE agents should be barred from Italy. "ICE, Trump's anti‑immigration militia, is a symbol of violence, repression, abuse and human-rights violations. Accepting their presence in Italy is madness," the party wrote on X. The hard-left USB trade union said it would hold an "ICE OUT – From Minneapolis to Milan" rally in central Milan on February 6, to coincide with the opening ceremony. (Production: Dave Grip, Kurt Hall, Lucy Thomson)
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