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It’s impressive that someone has done a poll in the US with only 1/3 of respondents wanting to abolish ICE. It was Third Way, who would like you to think of them as moderate.
When you look more closely you can see how it was done. The 34% figure is for “We need to abolish ICE and halt all immigration enforcement inside the country”. These two policy changes are not especially closely linked — the US had immigration enforcement for a long time before creating ICE — and the first proposal, rather than the more extreme second one, is given the headline.
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ICE is closely linked to immigration control as its the only (current) federal agency dedicated to enforcement inside the country. Before it was created the INS did the same role.
The CPB, the other agency covers the airports and border crossings and a 100 miles inside the border with the Border Patrol.
I think the issue with ICE is that its largely operating outside the law in its grabbing of random people of colour by masked agents and holding and deporting them without due process as though the constitution doesnt apply
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