42% of U.S. adults now support abolishing ICE entirely...That compares to 21% on Election Day 2024."

[tblue37]

"The percentage of Americans who support abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement is at a new all-time high. According to Civiqs, 42% of U.S. adults now support abolishing ICE entirely...That compares to 21% on Election Day 2024."

open.substack.com/pub/gelliott...

— Bill Kristol (@billkristolbulwark.bsky.social) 2026-01-09T12:21:01.840Z

[dalton99a]

1. ICE is nothing but criminal scum.

[bucolic_frolic]

2. Bill Kristol no less! /nt

[leftstreet]

3. Yep. "Abolish ICE"

Link to tweet

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[tblue37]

7. Bill Kristol, like other never-trumpers, provides a strong voice on our side. Every day I read the

bluesky posts of Kristol, Charlie Sykes, George Conway, and Tom Nichols.

They have abandoned the Republicans because of Trump & the Republicans' acquiescence. The never trumpers don't pull any punches.

[MichMan]

4. Democrats need to make this a campaign promise for the midterms

[Raven123]

5. I think this would be a losing message

Identify the legitimate purposes of ICE, offer a clear, concise message of what legislative action they will take to support the legitimate purposes and stop the unlawful and illegitimate activities being perpetrated.

[MichMan]

6. According to the poll. 42% were already in favor of abolishing

That was likely before these recent shootings

[Raven123]

8. 42% want Trumps version of ICE abolished. 58% do not.

Unless a plan for other functions of ICE is proposed, the GOP will just yell about those other functions and say you want open borders, human trafficking, drugs etc..

A platform that says only abolish ICE won’t work, IMO.