On Tuesday, Milan Mayor Giuseppe Sala said that ICE agents were “not welcome.”
“This is a militia that kills … It’s clear that they are not welcome in Milan, there’s no doubt about it. Can’t we just say no to Trump for once?” the mayor said in an interview with Italy’s RTL 102.5 radio.
What legal basis would they have to be there?! They’re a subgroup of the Department of Homeland security. Sending them anywhere internationally should be considered an act of terrorism if not outright war!
Embassies are considered US territory (standard diplomacy) and I guess the administration thinks it’s important to give Team USA “top level security” (it’s ICE so we all know that’s a BS line.)
This is a common misconception:
Contrary to popular belief, diplomatic missions sometimes do not enjoy full extraterritorial status and are generally not sovereign territory of the represented state.From wikipedia
While technically true, the international standard has been to treat foreign embassies as such, because “invading” a foreign embassy is essentially an act of war.
Today, though, what standards are even left?
Gonna be interesting to see what comes of ICE showing up at the Ecuadorian consulate in Minneapolis earlier today.
Did these idiots think they were going to find Jullian Assange?
Embassy security is provided by the Diplomatic Security Service, a separate agency that operates under the State Department, not Homeland Security.
Indeed but there is probably nothing that says other agencies can’t be involved (hello convenient loopholes the administration loves how you doing)
Nobody in Europe has an issue with US athletes, if they so desire they are welcome to stay here as long as they want until it’s safe again in the US.
Oh, boo them. Throw rotten fruit at them. They should be ashamed to represent this country.
Most of them are ashamed. You will see some upside down flags I assure you.
They need to stay home.
Haha that might actually be great. No US athletes going to the Olympics because we are too busy trying to sort ourselves out at home is actually a good message.
Slovenia allows Israeli agents to carry weapons when they are protecting their people, so I guess that’s not so far fetched. Fuck that, though.
They will have guns. Italian police cannot carry guns.
Meloni is scared of Trump, and fucking Elon. She’s telling EU to just get on their knees.