I totally think the Democrats should latch on to this position. Let's abolish ICE so it can be replaced with a new acronym-ed department that essentially has the same failings as the one we already have. Vision.
I'm largely agreeing with Erfalf on this one.
ICE wasn't a thing before 2003. I don't think anyone would argue that immigration and customs enforcement has been markedly improved since then, but neither has it markedly gone downhill. Yes, I get that most people do not like the Trump administration's recent policy changes, but that wasn't ICE taking a stand. It was a policy directive and they should follow it unless and until Ordered not to by a Court (unless it given an obviously and shockingly illegal directive). Changing the name of the agency or putting it in a different box isn't a solution to any problems that people are pointing out. It's basically just a slogan.
But it is also strange to me that some on the right are so offended by the idea, like criticizing the government is un-American. The next thing you know those crazy leftists are going to be appropriating Native American cultural garb and polluting Boston Harbor by tossing in the product of free enterprise. Crazy hippies have no idea what it means to be a patriot.
Also probably a good place to discuss the disparity between the American public's opinions and our government action on these issues:
67% oppose the policy of family separation.
79% think the Dreamers should remain and be able to apply for citizenship.
58% oppose building a border wall.
67% think illegal immigrants current in the country should be allowed to stay and eventually apply for citizenship (Republicans 48%, with another 9% saying they should stay but not be able to apply, and only 36% wanting to deport them all).
17% want legal immigration to the US to be cut back.
Quinnipiac University Poll, June 18, 2018.
https://poll.qu.edu/images/polling/us/us06182018_uwsf18.pdf/