'Abolish ICE' Calls Get Louder as NYC's Mamdani Joins Chorus

[lostincalifornia]

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani called for dismantling the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, revitalizing the “Abolish ICE” rhetoric that became popular in progressive discourse during the last Trump administration as pushback against the latest deportation efforts intensifies.

“I am in support of abolishing ICE,” Mamdani said in an interview on The View on Tuesday. “I am tired of waking up every day and seeing a new image of someone being dragged out of a car, dragged out of their home, dragged out of their life.”

Critics of the agency’s aggressive tactics have gained steam in recent weeks after social media videos of immigration raids in Minnesota and the killing of a woman by an ICE agent prompted nationwide protests. Even some Trump backers, such as superstar podcaster Joe Rogan, have questioned the agency’s approach, asking last week “Are we really going to be the Gestapo?”

Roughly 57% of voters disapprove of ICE’s enforcement of immigration laws, according to a poll conducted this month by Quinnipiac University.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-20/-abolish-ice-calls-get-louder-with-nyc-s-mamdani-joining-chorus

How will this impact the midterms?

[SSJVegeta]

1. This guy has the president's ear

🤔

[Nanjeanne]

2. There was a big round of applause after he said Abolish ICE on THE VIEW. Let that sink in.

the view audience applauded ABOLISH ICE..