ICE Enforcement Controversy

This cluster centers on debates about ICE's immigration enforcement actions, with heavy criticism of alleged illegal arrests of US citizens, violence, warrantless raids, and calls to disband the agency, countered by arguments supporting deportations of undocumented immigrants.

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Sample Comments

black_puppydog Jul 7, 2020 View on HN

I think we'll have to consider the possibility that ICE are not out to help anyone really.

tsimionescu Jun 15, 2020 View on HN

People are not necessarily picking on the theoretical role of Ice. They are against the practice of what ICE does.

pjc50 Aug 11, 2025 View on HN

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/emiliano-s-agents-left-beh...ICE are to a large extent above the law. Their entire purpose is to snatch people and move them to locations where they can be denied legal redress. A couple of high profile cases have only got redress due to very ded

MaxHoppersGhost Jun 10, 2025 View on HN

ICE agents are deporting people here illegally. I don’t see anything wrong with that.

It's (1) but ICE is making their job to intimidate people so they don't face consequences.

cdelsolar May 2, 2025 View on HN

This isn’t a perception thing. ICE is breaking down the doors of people, arresting others without warrants or identifying themselves. They’re deporting people to a concentration camp in a foreign country that no one has ever left alive. Just because people choose to not educate themselves doesn’t mean it doesn’t happen. And as a matter of fact, I’ve heard plenty of people arguing that all of these things are good and that ICE should do them.

ilyt Apr 21, 2023 View on HN

Right because ICE trucks will also magically stop existing /s

nextaccountic Jan 14, 2026 View on HN

It's not banned if ICE agents aren't prosecuted when they commit crimes

dh2022 Jan 16, 2026 View on HN

I got news for you: ICE is designed now to beat up anyone in the US. Here is one example: https://newrepublic.com/post/205280/fed-agent-permanently-bl...

direwolf20 Jan 24, 2026 View on HN

How so? ICE is part of the American government.