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That's not actually true. YouGov's poll shows only 34% of Americans believe ICE's operations are making America safer: https://today.yougov.com/politics/article
by edaemon 9mo ago
That's not actually true. YouGov's poll shows only 34% of Americans believe ICE's operations are making America safer: https://today.yougov.com/politics/articles/53878-more-americans-view-ice-shooting-minnesota-unjustified-than-justified-january-9-12-2026-economist-yougov-poll https://today.yougov.com/politics/articles/53878-more-americ...
- alex43578 9mo agoPolling from them says about half of Americans have an unfavorable view of ICE, a far better rating than Congress, for example at 80% disapprove. So you’ve got a swath of people who are fine with what ICE is doing, or don’t care to even make their dissatisfaction known via a survey, much less the ballot box or via a riot.
- edaemon 9mo agoYou said "Don’t forget half the population (within polling MOE) supports this, believing ICE/ removal operations are making America safer...". That's not true. Barely a third of Americans believe that. Nearly half of Americans want ICE outright abolished.
- alex43578 9mo agoOk, so revised: half the population wants ICE abolished and nearly half the population has a favorable view of ICE. The OP question was why aren’t Americans rising up and resisting ICE, and the answer I gave was because about half the population doesn’t even dislike them enough to answer a survey negatively.
- edaemon 9mo agoI'm not sure that revision is correct either. What poll shows half the population with a favorable view of ICE? I can't find anything that high. The highest I see from reputable pollsters is 40%, and most show it is decreasing.