"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 percent support getting rid of the agency while 50 percent oppose doing so, a split of just 8 points. This represents a major shift from a year ago, at the start of President Donald Trump's second term, when only 24 percent of Americans supported abolishing ICE and 59 percent 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. Polling indicates Americans are opposed to Trump's tactics on immigration, despite it once being an issue Trump viewed as popular during the 2024 presidential campaign."
Forty-two percent of Americans support abolishing ICE while 50 percent oppose, creating an eight-point gap and the smallest margin since the agency's 2003 founding. One year earlier, support was 24 percent and opposition 59 percent, a 35-point gap, representing a 27-point swing. The shift coincides with aggressive ICE enforcement and a mass deportation campaign during President Trump's second term, with tactics described as harmful and illegal. A December AP-NORC poll found 38 percent approve of Trump's immigration performance and 60 percent disapprove. An October Pew poll found 36 percent call current deportation rates the "right amount," while 53 percent say they are "too much."
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