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AP-NORC Poll: Few Democrats favor liberal cry to abolish ICE
The Associated Press ^ | Aug. 27, 2018 | Thomas Beaumont

Posted on 09/06/2018 12:37:30 PM PDT by Trump20162020

WASHINGTON (AP) — The rallying cry from some liberals to abolish Immigration and Customs Enforcement isn’t a likely winner this election year, as a new poll finds only a quarter of Democrats support eliminating the agency that carried out the Trump administration’s policy of separating immigrant children from their parents.

Some potential Democratic presidential contenders, such as Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York, backed getting rid of ICE in response to the separations. Others, including Sen. Kamala Harris of California, urged a rethinking of the agency, but stopped short of calling for its abolition.

President Donald Trump has seized on the Democratic criticism of ICE to paint the party as weak on immigration and national security. The administration reversed its separation policy amid an international outcry, but hundreds of children remain separated from their families.

(Excerpt) Read more at apnews.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government
KEYWORDS: ice; immigration; poll; polling; polls

1 posted on 09/06/2018 12:37:30 PM PDT by Trump20162020
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To: Trump20162020

I do.


2 posted on 09/06/2018 12:47:14 PM PDT by Eddie01
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To: Trump20162020

Ads in every district.


3 posted on 09/06/2018 12:51:35 PM PDT by cowboyusa (America Cowboy UP!)
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How many lies are in each paragraph?


4 posted on 09/06/2018 12:53:42 PM PDT by arrogantsob (See "Chaos and Mayhem" at Amazon.com)
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To: Trump20162020

Wow! First sentence in the article was wrong .... ICE doesn’t separate the families, Border Patrol does...


5 posted on 09/06/2018 2:25:29 PM PDT by nevergore (I have a terrible rash on my covfefe....)
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