• timbuck2themoon@sh.itjust.works
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    2 months ago

    I hate to break the news to people but there was an article just the other day about “swing voters” in Arizona. It was a mix of Rs, Ds, and independents who voted Biden in 2020 and Trump in 2024. They asked their opinions on ICE, etc. etc. Pretty much all IIRC said that ICE is going too far, people are living in fear, etc.

    The thing that stood out is the last sentence- NONE said ICE should be abolished/dismantled.

    Reading in here you’d think the popular opinion is that it should be. I can tell you it’s not true. Even some of my more liberal/left friends don’t always think it should be abolished, not to mention anyone more center.

    I personally think it should’ve been abolished yesterday and the entire DHS dismantled but I also realize that is not the popular opinion, or at least seen through polling etc. I hope all the people thinking it should are voting in primaries for candidates who argue it should. Or convincing their neighbors that it should and they also vote accordingly.

    • Einskjaldi@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      The first reaction is because that sounds like just allowing unlimited immigrants. They can’t consider it not existing.