This Is No Time To Panic About ICE
I & I Editorial Board
January 20, 2026
With the economy showing signs of strengthening, Democrats clearly hope that their attacks on ICE will help them win control of Congress after the midterm elections. Which is another reason for President Donald Trump to stay the course.
As Politico put it, “An ICE agent’s killing of Renee Good in Minneapolis has pushed the fight over immigration enforcement to the center of the midterm campaign trail — opening new fault lines in some of Democrats’ most competitive congressional primaries.”
It is true that the polls are not looking so hot for Trump’s handling of one of his signature campaign promises.
A CBS News poll finds that “more Americans say ICE is being too tough,” with 61% saying that, up from 56% in November. It finds that 52% say ICE is making communities less safe and that fewer than half (46%) approve
An AP poll finds that just 38% of adults support Trump’s handling of immigration, down from 49% last March.
A Pew Research Center poll finds that Trump’s approval among Hispanics has fallen.
Even the White House is said to be “worried” about poll numbers that administration officials are seeing.
Last week, Axios reported that “internal GOP polling” has “alarmed some Trump insiders.”
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