ICE’s approval rating among Americans currently sits at negative 13 points, a recent poll revealed.

More Americans support abolishing the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency than at any point since it was established in 2003, new polling shows.

According to data examined by Civiqs, 42% support getting rid of the agency while 50% oppose doing so, a split of just 8 points. This represents a major shift from a year ago, at the start of Donald Trump’s second term, when only 24% of Americans supported abolishing ICE and 59% opposed the idea, a 35-point split.

The 27-point change over the past year comes as Trump uses the agency to terrorize immigrant communities and overrun U.S. cities in the name of his mass deportation campaign, often using tactics that are not only harmful but illegal.

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    Ehhh this is total bullshit speculation not even grounded in historical reality.

    Give me the Biden days over these Trump days any day and spare me the false equivalence trope that is convenient for Republicans.

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        Except it’s really not.

        Anyone who thinks Renee Good would’ve been shot and killed under Biden or Harris administration are patently delusional and enabling Trumpian dogma.

        Anyone want to play a game of identifying how many ICE murders there were between all of Obama and Biden administrations versus Trump?

        Edit: Back, tankies! Back I say!

        Your friendly reminder that these two images are banned in their respective leaders’ nations, and that by viewing them from your location puts you at risk for prison time in your country, should you reside there!

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          The only place those images are banned are in the minds of liberals that believe the propaganda that they are banned in their respective countries

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            That’s incorrect. They are absolutely banned in their respective countries. Do you need sources on this?

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              You gonna provide Western sources for your claim, the same ones claiming they are illegal?

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                Your English is poor. You aren’t winning social points for this unconvincing apologist rhetoric. Or is this punishment already for an infraction? Perhaps mentioning Uyghurs, Tibetans, Hong Kong, or Taiwan sovereignty?

                I wonder if one expects unbiased sources from within a totalitarian regime like North Korea or China going, “Yep! We totally oppress!” haha. So what sources DO you trust? I’m curious!

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                    Implying all Western sources are illegitimate is called a Fallacy of Origin.

                    I’m simply calling a spade a spade. (this may not translate well for your translator).

                    Anyways, tagged :)

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        Would’ve happened regardless; the problem was a majority of Americans were convinced immigration was a problem. This was an attempt of appeasement of the masses ahead of the election.

        I stand by what I said.

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      Ah the good ol’ “nothing would fundamentally change” days.

      That should be the slogan of the Dems.

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        Ah but I mean one thing would fundamentally change.

        Renee Good would still be alive and three children would still have their mother.