While Alabamians remain broadly supportive of President Donald Trump’s immigration agenda and ICE, 58% of responses to a recent survey said they think immigration enforcement is going “too far.” A substantial share of Alabama respondents said they think immigration enforcement has not gone far enough. Most respondents did not agree with popular protest slogans like “abolish ICE.” When asked to describe their feelings about the agency: - 36% of AL.com respondents said they thought the agency was high-performing - 25% said they thought the agency was important but needed reform - 39% said they thought the agency should be defunded and abolished. Agents in Alabama arrested at least 5,746 people on immigration-related issues in the first 9 months of 2025, according to federal data. Some have criminal records, but many criminal convictions are for things like traffic stops and many people have no prior record at all. The findings come from two surveys conducted by Advance Local Media i...