# 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:** 316
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2026, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democratic-party-official-position-is-to-abolish-ice/1032355/316 "2026-08-23T14:40:45Z")
> [@Common\_Tater](#): > > So, your contention then is the “vast majority” of opposition to illegal migration is solely due to racial prejudice. That’s an opinion, which you are entitled to. But it is poisonous. I mean, it’s not “solely due to racial prejudice.” Xenophobia figures pretty prominently, too, as does just bog-standard ignorance. But awhile ago [I started a thread asking for the actual systematic harm done to Americans by illegal immigration, and got fuck-all as an answer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-immigration-politics/997564/54). Are you aware of actual harms, borne out by research and well-cited statistics, caused by people entering the country without documentation? If so, please offer them to me–it’s been years since I first started asking the question, and I’ve yet to get a clear answer. Note that I’m not asking for information about harm caused by _criminalizing immigration_. If we’re talking about the harms caused by alcohol, I’m not asking for cites about Al Capone. I’m asking for details about the harm caused _by the immigration itself_. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democratic-party-official-position-is-to-abolish-ice/1032355)._