# Democratic Party Official Position is to Abolish ICE **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [August 15, 2026, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democratic-party-official-position-is-to-abolish-ice/1032355 "2026-08-15T19:46:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 141
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2026, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democratic-party-official-position-is-to-abolish-ice/1032355/141 "2026-08-17T03:32:22Z")
> [@DSeid](#): > > “Abolish ICE” Is craven pandering to a group of primary voters. As a general election message is squanders broadly agreed upon (even a sizable minority of Republicans) disgust at current ICE tactics and strategies with a message that even a sizable number of Democrats would disagree with. > > And practically it well, isn’t practical. There is _actual_ cause for detention and removal of violent criminals, that is being used as an excuse for xenophobic and racist thuggery. Good points. Cut back their funds to Biden era levels- that means they can not support all those stupid raids and new agents. Some new agents can be transferred- others laid off. > [@Czarcasm](#): > > Enforced by…? What are _your_ ideas? > [@Czarcasm](#): > > Were there calls at the end of WWII to convert the SS and/or Gestapo into a law abiding peaceful organization? What does this have to do with the OP? Do you have any useful ideas here? --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democratic-party-official-position-is-to-abolish-ice/1032355)._