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ICE is Now Even More Unpopular than the IRS

The agency's growing unpopularity may make it easier to abolish it.

Ilya Somin | 10.28.2026 5:52 PM

Reuters (2018).

A recent Pew Research Center survey finds that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is by far the most unpopular federal agency, easily outstripping even the widely despised IRS. According to Pew, 56% of Americans disapprove of ICE, compared to only 35% who approve. That's substantially worse than the IRS (which is disapproved by only a 46-37 margin).

Other recent surveys show growing public support for abolishing ICE.........

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