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Hundreds of protesters gathered in a central square in Milan on Saturday, demanding that U.S. ICE agents assisting with security at the Winter Olympics leave Italy.

Many of the Italians who chanted and blew whistles near the grand stone arch in the Piazza XXV Aprile said they had been horrified and angered by images and videos on social media showing ICE agents operating violently in Minneapolis.

"All the videos are public and everyone can see what's happening," said Bruna Scanziani, age 18, who held up a sign with photographs of Renee Macklin Good and Alex Pretti, two American citizens killed by ICE agents. "The perception of America has changed."

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[–] g0d0fm15ch13f@lemmy.world 106 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

So american tax payer here. Why are ice agents in another country point blank period? I'm not expert on juristiction, but it sure feels like an "immigration" agency's ends at the border

[–] Raiderkev@lemmy.world 50 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

You'd be surprised how many people in Italy don't have US citizenship.

[–] YurkshireLad@lemmy.ca 17 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

ICE in Italy - "You are not American citizens, so we must kidnap you to America so we can deport you from america!"

[–] Raiderkev@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

The CIIRRCLE OF FASCIIISM

[–] hopesdead@startrek.website 33 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

The thing that is being buried by most headlines and maybe articles is that ICE is a part of Department of Homeland Security. One such part of DSH is Homeland Security Investigations. People are conflating the two. HSI has been for many years at such international events with a U.S. presence to conduct investigations regarding international crime and terrorism.

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 14 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

HSI is very much a part of the problem here.

[–] hopesdead@startrek.website 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I should have clarified that it is HSI that is there, not ICE.

[–] Djehngo@lemmy.world 17 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

ICE are trump's praetorian guard, a paid trip to Europe and the Olympics on company time is a reward for loyalty shown to the executive over the people.

[–] peopleproblems@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Pretorian Guard?

God I hope not, they'll end up accidentally shooting everyone

[–] ryathal@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 weeks ago

On the plus side, the guard also killed a good number of the people they were supposedly protecting....

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

They're doing "customs" enforcement.

[–] super_user_do@feddit.it 1 points 3 weeks ago

Trump just be ragebaiting at this point

[–] switcheroo@lemmy.world 25 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Call them what they are. They are American Brown Shirts. Fucking Nazis. The Pedo-in-Chief's personal poorly trained dipshit army full of small dick energy.

[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

Oh I have been and people aren't happy with me. I've also been calling Hispanic ICE agents modern day Verband nationaldeutscher Juden whenever someone tries telling me that ICE is a diverse org and the protesters are all whities.

[–] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 1 points 3 weeks ago

I mean Italy is run by a nazi, so that might get them support over there.

[–] RIotingPacifist@lemmy.world 20 points 3 weeks ago

In the past, that kind of activity by U.S. agents has been a normal part of major international events like the Olympics.

Has it? NPR should expand on that because it seems like Trump is using ICE as a sort of pretorian guard (not actually trusting them with his life but using them as goons to look tough while the SecretSeevice do the real work)

[–] BigMacHole@sopuli.xyz 9 points 3 weeks ago

Those Protesters are TERRORISTS! Because Protesting is AGAINST the US Constitution!

[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago

Deport them to one of your island prisons, paisane