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EdmondDantes_

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6. Because ICE existed before Trump

Thu Jan 29, 2026, 11:15 PM

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I think it should be abolished but more because of its origins in the post 9/11 national security frenzy that needs to be radically reconsidered.

The current ICE is obviously bad, but Trump would have done this with INS or border patrol or whatever group. ICE itself is a symptom of the far right nationalist authoritarian rather than inherently bad. ICE wasn't acting like this under Obama.

That said, I'd be in favor of every ICE street agent being reviewed after this administration and many of them going on trial.

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