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Agents from the divisive Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) will help support US security operations for the Winter Olympic Games in Italy next month, a spokesperson told AFP.

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Maybe a good opportunity to capture them and put them in front of courts for their crimes or at least being complicit

The cycle completes the fascists return home

[–] VeryInterestingTable@jlai.lu 57 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Who in their right minds would give Work VISAs to the Magastapo?

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Meloni just wants to ensure Italy is allied with fascists again

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 14 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

She's been in over her head for years, this will end her government.

Elon has been trying to breed her for years.

[–] anon_8675309@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago

I just threw up in my mouth.

[–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)
[–] sem@piefed.blahaj.zone 134 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 39 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It was obvious the moment they increased ICE funding 10x, to more than most militaries.

It will take years to install nazi loyalists and culture throughout the existing military and intelligence agencies, so the nazis chose to convert a small federal agency into their own secret police; explicitly recruiting as many far right criminals, extremists, and terrorists as possible.

ICE will be used to implement the military dictatorship by terrorizing all antifascists from here on out.

[–] BenjiRenji@feddit.org 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Exactly right. Increased budget, increased personnel, expanded "responsibilities" and Congress is not planning to defund or limit them.

[–] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

At what point is all benefit of the doubt forfeited with the oligarch-controlled opposition? How overt does the fascism have to get before the fascism-voting Democrats are also considered nazi collaborators, and an enemy of the people?

[–] Goodeye8@piefed.social 112 points 2 days ago (6 children)

Excuse me but what the fuck? I can somehow rationalize the US wanting some additional security for their athletes. It's weird but America is weird so whatever. But what part of fucking IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT agency indicates "we do operations on foreign soil"? Considering the level of their training they're probably the biggest threat at the Olympics.

[–] SilverCode@lemmy.ml 45 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Maybe they are there to make sure the US Olympic team don't try and make a run for it.

[–] NoForwadSlashS@piefed.social 7 points 1 day ago

Ah the North Korean approach to sports. They are one of the most elite sporting nations, so makes sense to copy.

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[–] kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago (2 children)

"Look at all these immigrants!" salivates, rubs hands together villainously

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[–] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 33 points 1 day ago

Italy shouldn't allow members of a terrorist organization in

[–] merdaverse@lemmy.zip 16 points 1 day ago

ICE is welcome in Italy. In piazzale Loreto, upside down.

[–] kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 65 points 1 day ago (1 children)

So we're really just dropping the pretense that their scope of authority and responsibility is immigration enforcement, huh? They're just Trump's new personal militia to do with as he pleases?

[–] 87Six@lemmy.zip 19 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Once they step foot in Italy they become what they sought to destroy

Ironic..

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[–] trollercoaster@sh.itjust.works 66 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] madjo@piefed.social 46 points 2 days ago (1 children)

As if that agent knows the history of that song

[–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 11 points 1 day ago

They just know the Charlie Kirk shooter wrote it on their bullet casings, so they assume it's something an "antifa terrorist" would sing...

Well, they're half-right...

[–] rozodru@piefed.social 37 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

well this is just right out of the Nazi playbook. If this is for Vance and whomever else then generally this is the job of the Secret Service but it's clear now the administration doesn't trust the SS and would rather have their own people involved. Hitler pulled the same shit with the SA.

In fact I wouldn't be surprised if eventually Trump just dissolves the secret service in favor of ICE. It would be very convenient for them wouldn't it? all of sudden your former political enemies (Obama, Biden, Clinton) no longer have Secret Service protection and they can either go without or have ICE...yeah nothing at all could go wrong here.

[–] DarkDecay@lemmy.world 30 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Time to ban the U.S from international sporting events I guess

[–] Paranoidfactoid@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago

In the world of bad ideas, this is among the baddest.

[–] RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Italy, arrest the first fucking ICE goon that steps off the plane.

Italy has a long history of dealing with outside agitators. History tells me lions should be involved.

[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

They going to shoot people who are filming and taking pictures? Cool

[–] Bubbaonthebeach@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] Delilah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 day ago

I wonder if I can put money on this somewhere, because odds are you're correct.

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[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 28 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Italy should declare them persona-non-grata

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[–] meme_historian@lemmy.dbzer0.com 33 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Absolutely hooound these motherfuckers.

[–] trollercoaster@sh.itjust.works 37 points 2 days ago (2 children)

The Italians have a proud tradition of anti-fascists hiding in the mountains and hunting Nazis...

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[–] W3dd1e@lemmy.zip 16 points 1 day ago (6 children)

They know they can’t deport Italians from Italy right?

[–] Catma@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

Not with that attitude they cant.

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[–] DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Didn't Italy elect Meloni who is a living relative of benito fucking mussolini?

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

She is not related to Mussolini.

Her party had Mussolini's grand daughter, but she quit because Meloni was too right wing.

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[–] Bazell@lemmy.zip 29 points 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (6 children)
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[–] MehBlah@lemmy.world 25 points 2 days ago

LIke hiring the Hells Angels for a Rolling Stones concert.

[–] trxxruraxvr@lemmy.world 27 points 2 days ago

There's literally nothing that could go wrong.

[–] BetaBlake@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Does ice know that everyone there doesnt have an American accent? Those racist assholes are going to be so confused.

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[–] 87Six@lemmy.zip 14 points 1 day ago

They're not ICE, they are the SS

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 20 points 2 days ago

Boycott Olympics. Abolish ICE.

[–] Zorro@mander.xyz 5 points 1 day ago

It's their bonus payment from trump - free trip to Italy to watch the winter olympics - for ice agents with highest number of arrests to date, lol!

[–] dotslashme@infosec.pub 16 points 2 days ago

If you can't beat them, deport them

[–] grumpo_potamus@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Is anyone else just not feeling the Olympics this year?

I'm not a sports person and don't have a whole lot of national pride on a good day, but I've liked watching the Olympics since I was a kid.

I enjoy seeing people from all over the world with such outstanding abilities, experiencing the aesthetics of people from different places, and rooting for the underdogs.

This year, I'm just embarrassed of America. I hate seeing the rise of right wing ideology worldwide. I miss and worry about my former co-workers in Ukraine. There's constant pain, suffering, and death in Palestine and the middle east.

I don't know...it should be a bit of an escape, but the whole thing is bumming me out this year.

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