Support for the agency and its work among Americans has been plunging since the fatal shootings of U.S. citizens Renee Good and Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, Minnesota, by federal immigration officers.
According to a new YouGov poll released earlier this week, exactly 50 percent of U.S. voters “strongly or somewhat” want the dismantling of ICE, up 5 percent from a January poll.
And it’s not only everyday Americans who are turning their back on ICE. The agency received a series of legal setbacks this week—three this Friday alone—which show federal immigration officers are not having a better time in the courts than they are in the streets of the nation.On Thursday, U.S. Attorney Daniel Rosen was questioned over the missing property of six people who were held in ICE custody. He said that, in its attempt to work under tight deadlines, ICE had to make difficult choices, deciding to prioritize the release of some detainees on time with or without their property.
“Nobody has been wilfully disobedient. There have been mistakes that have been made, but that is a far, far cry from contempt of court,” Rosen said, as reported by CBS News.