If you’ve consumed a moment of news from the legacy media in recent weeks, one might forgive you for developing the impression that the American people despise U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). That they think they’re the ones committing crimes. That they need to be abolished.
But that is a view held almost exclusively by radicals in the Democrat party, then amplified by their sycophant worshippers in the field of journalism.
In a stunning rebuke to the left’s relentless portrayal of immigration enforcement as divisive and extreme, a brand new national poll from Cygnal reveals overwhelming American support for mass deportations and ICE’s role in upholding the law.
The results show that, by a two-to-one margin (61-34 percent), voters back the deportation of illegal immigrants, while a massive 73 percent agree that crossing the border illegally constitutes—you’re not going to believe this—breaking the law!
Oh, and let’s keep this one under wraps if you could: Democrats who honestly believe they’ve found a winning political angle on their wholly fabricated ICE controversy will be sad to learn 58 percent of Americans oppose defunding ICE—including majorities of Independents and swing voters. One has to imagine that number rises significantly when discussing abolishing ICE outright.
NEW POLL:
🗳️ 73% say coming here illegally is breaking the law.
🗳️ 61% support deporting illegals.
🗳️ 58% oppose defunding ICE.
🗳️ 54% support ICE enforcing our immigration laws. pic.twitter.com/E7r1JTUHmw
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) February 2, 2026
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Cygnal reports that voters don’t even support the idea of shutting down the government (something Democrats were all too happy to latch onto until President Trump intervened) in order to cut funding for immigration enforcement.
“When voters are told Democrats want to defund ICE or even shut down the government to stop ICE from enforcing immigration law, the political fallout is immediate and severe,” the firm writes. “The generic ballot flips from D+4 to R+0 if Democrats oppose ICE.”
They describe defunding ICE as “politically toxic” due to the resistance party being “on one side of an issue where voters are in strong majorities on the other.”
The latest poll goes on to demonstrate that the Democrats are living in a world not even vaguely aligned with reality. They are the only group listed who view the border as “not a problem.” Swing-state voters, midterm voters, and Independents all consider it an issue. And it’s not particularly close.
“Voters see illegal immigration as a simple question of law and order,” said Cygnal CEO, Brent Buchanan. “The data leaves no wiggle room. Americans want the law enforced, they want illegal immigrants removed, and they punish politicians who try to block ICE from doing its job.”
— Brent Buchanan, Pollster (@brentbuc) February 2, 2026
Last month, this same polling firm published some seriously disturbing results, which show white, liberal women at an alarming rate feel it’s okay to go beyond peaceful protest to thwart ICE, even if those actions break the law. Renee Good and her wife certainly operated under that premise.
The unhinged base of the Democrat party does not live in reality. Their actual politicians have zero grasp of the support behind ICE. The GOP has a golden opportunity to show solidarity with law enforcement and hammer home the fact that they are the party of law and order.
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