Pollsters Don't Ask If Anti-ICE Activists Have 'Gone Too Far' |
The unrest in Minneapolis has died down, and the Trump administration is pulling 700 immigration-enforcement officers out of the area. But all of the national media scrutiny has obsessed over Team Trump. They have rarely acted to "hold government accountable" when the governing comes from Democrats, Gov. Tim Walz or Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey.
NPR was eagerly touting their new NPR/PBS Marist Poll to underline the effectiveness of their advocacy: 65 percent of Americans, up from 54 percent in June of 2025, think the actions of ICE have "gone too far" in enforcing immigration laws, and 62% say the actions of ICE are making Americans "somewhat less safe, or much less safe."
The New Republic underlined what NPR and PBS were cooking: "Brutal New Poll Wrecks Trump's Main Claim on ICE."
Now ask yourself this question. Did PBS and NPR ever ask the public for their evaluation of ICE under Biden, when there was a mass importation of illegal aliens? Pollsters may have asked about their approval of Biden on the immigration issue. But this polling is specific and suggestive, intended to punish ICE deportation........