Trump’s poll question: Should ICE be renamed NICE?

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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump released a public poll question on Saturday on social media.

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Trump suggested renaming the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to the National Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

“It will totally discombobulate Crooked, Dishonest, and Unpatriotic Reporters and Journalists,” Trump wrote.

ICE faced severe public backlash for the fatal shootings of Renee Nicole Good and Alex Pretti, two 37-year-old U.S. citizens in Minneapolis.

Human rights groups have also condemned the Trump administration for detaining migrants without criminal records, separating families, deporting asylum seekers to countries where they face persecution, and for issues at detention facilities.

“For them to say, ‘We went to a NICE Facility today,’ as opposed to ICE or, ‘NICE Agents have deported a Violent Drug Dealer,’ they won’t be able to handle it,” Trump wrote. “They will go totally crazy!”

Trump added NICE would be “a much more prestigious” name.

“Everyone loves it, but I have been told by the legendary Tom Homan that the Agents do not love it as much as the other population,” Trump wrote.

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