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ICE approval drops 30 points in a year as Americans call tactics “too forceful”

Ellsworth Toohey
Jan 09, 2026
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Americans have soured on ICE. According to Axios, a YouGov poll of over 2,600 U.S. adults conducted on January 7 — the same day an ICE officer fatally shot 37-year-old Renee Good in Minneapolis — found that 52 percent disapprove of how ICE is handling its job, compared to 39 percent who approve. The agency’s net approval has falle…

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