# Democratic Party Official Position is to Abolish ICE

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**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")\
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**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2026, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democratic-party-official-position-is-to-abolish-ice/1032355/342 "2026-09-01T00:08:02Z")

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> But it’s also not unreasonable to be against the actual _institution_ of United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or “ICE”. That institution is tasked with the concept that I mentioned above, but has been turned into a political terror and enforcement arm in this term.

Well, yeah. Cut back it’s budget (to Biden era levels), making it lay off all the new hires, fire all the trump appointees, and then reorganize and rename. It can then do what it did under Obama and Biden.

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