Support for ICE Is Collapsing

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To say explicitly what is now obvious: Americans do not like ICE. Period. In just a single year, ICE’s reputation has collapsed so dramatically, and so quickly, that it would be a punchline if not for ICE agents’ tragic, real-world behavior. Photo: Stephen Maturen/Getty Images
Peter Hamby
January 13, 2026

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Earlier this week, Dan Bilzerian, the bearded hedonism influencer and gun-loving poker chud—no one’s idea of a progressive—launched an unexpected verbal attack on ICE following the deadly shooting of Renee Good in Minneapolis. “I don’t believe the ICE agent’s life was in danger,” Bilzerian posted on X. “I think he went into the interaction angry & it was a bad shoot. I don’t care if she was a blue hair liberal, this isn’t about the right & the left. This is about government tyranny & overreach. I don’t trust the government.” The last sentence is an understatement: Bilzerian routinely posts conspiracy theories, antisemitic memes, and rants from Candace Owens. Like most occupants of the manosphere, Bilzerian would be hard to pin down on any kind of conventional left-right spectrum. But he said Good didn’t deserve to die. “If you’re more afraid of liberals than your government, then you aren’t paying attention,” he added.