Trump backs proposal to rename ICE as 'NICE'

About this episode

The episode discusses Donald Trump's support for renaming ICE to NICE amidst ongoing scrutiny of the agency.

What started out as a joke on social media has now got the US president's backing. Donald Trump says he supports the idea of changing the name of Immigration and Customs Enforcement – or ICE – to a new acronym, "NICE". This comes as the US immigration agency continues to face mounting scrutiny over its operations, funding and record-high deaths of detainees in its custody.

Topics covered

• immigration
• politics
• US government
• Donald Trump
• ICE
• NICE
• public opinion

Keywords

• Donald Trump
• ICE
• NICE
• immigration
• US politics
• agency scrutiny
• public opinion

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Immigration and Customs Enforcement, ICE, NICE

Places: United States

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