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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Richard Luscombe

Half of Americans back abolishing ICE amid Trump crackdown, poll finds

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People protest against the planned project of converting a warehouse into an ICE detention center in Roxbury, New Jersey, on 16 February 2026. Photograph: Charly Triballeau/AFP/Getty Images

Half of Americans support the abolition of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency, a new poll has found, as opposition to Donald Trump’s aggressive federal immigration crackdown continues to grow.

The analysis by YouGov revealed that exactly 50% of respondents “strongly or somewhat” want to see the agency dismantled, a 5% rise from a January poll taken between the deaths in Minnesota of US citizen protesters Renee Good and Alex Pretti by immigration officers.

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