With less than a week to go until the start of the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics in Italy, the topic making headlines isn’t sports. Last week, the US Department of Homeland Security confirmed to The New York Times that ICE would accompany a US delegation to the Games. US officials claim such security measures are common for the Games and stressed that Italy would be in charge of security. Qatari SUVs that are part of the security apparatus set up by Italy for the Olympics Photograph: Wired ItaliaICE isn’t the only controversial security force in Italy for the Olympics. On January 27, a cargo plane with more than a hundred Qatari public security officers, 20 camouflage SUVs, and three snowmobiles landed at Milan’s Malpensa Airport.