Italian officials reacted with anger at the news that a part of ICE, Homeland Security Investigations, will play a role in Olympic security next month.

The 2026 Winter Olympics have made a ruling on ICE agents. The 2026 Games are scheduled to begin in February. The 2026 Winter Olympics will be hosted in Milan Cortina, Italy. They are scheduled to run from February 6 until February 22.

ICE officers will be used as security for February’s Milan Cortina Winter Olympics, despite opposition from Italian government officials.

Leaders were sharply critical of ICE's involvement in Olympic security amid growing controversy surrounding the agency.

MILAN (AP) — Italy’s Ladin minority settled a millennium ago in the Dolomite mountain hamlet of Anpezo — now the two-time Olympic host city of Cortina d’Ampezzo. But members of this ancient ethnolinguistic group are disappointed that the Winter Games will not spotlight their culture.

The 2026 Winter Olympics will be held in Northern Italy, primarily in Milan and also the Alpine mountain resort town of Cortina d'Ampezzo, where events like bobsled, skeleton, alpine skiing, curling, para snowboard, and more will take place.

By Crispian Balmer and Alvise Armellini ROME, Jan 27 (Reuters) - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement personnel will help protect U.S. delegations at next month's Winter Olympics in Italy, causing a political uproar in the country.

Olympic veterans, including skier Lindsey Vonn​ and bobsledders Kaillie Humphries and Elana Meyers Taylor, are among the seven Americans making their fifth trips to the games.

“We just don’t know what we’re going to get. We’re rolling the dice.”

Fresh off a widely celebrated turn as hockey players Ilya Rozanov and Shane Hollander in Crave's "Heated Rivalry" series, stars Connor Storrie and Hudson Williams were named as two of the torchbearers for the 2026 Olympic Games, Olympics.com reported Thursday.