Poll: Americans support ICE overhaul, Trump’s ratings on immigration tumble
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By Ben Kamisar and Bridget Bowman, NBC
A sizable majority of Americans want significant changes to Immigration and Customs Enforcement — but while they largely disapprove of ICE and say its tactics have gone too far, the country is divided over just how much to reform the agency and how to handle immigration policy broadly, according to a new survey.
The new NBC News Decision Desk Poll powered by SurveyMonkey finds nearly 3 in 4 U.S. adults support some changes to ICE, with 29 percent saying it should be abolished outright. Approval of President Donald Trump’s sweeping deportation policies also dropped steeply after federal agents killed two Americans last month in Minneapolis.
Meanwhile, Congress is debating federal funding for the agency, and a potential shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security looms at the end of the week, with congressional Democrats taking issue with agents’ tactics, clashes with protesters and questions surrounding due process for the targets of immigration enforcement.
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