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Fox News Poll: Disapproval of ICE on the rise

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An increasing number of voters disapprove of the job the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, or ICE, is doing, with nearly half wanting Congress to reduce its funding.
That’s according to a new Fox News poll conducted before President Trump announced on Thursday that he will nominate Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., to replace Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem.
The survey finds nearly 6 in 10 voters disapprove of ICE’s performance, while about 4 in 10 approve. This is the highest disapproval rating recorded, up 7 points since last fall and 17 points since the question was first asked in 2018.
Nearly twice as many voters strongly disapprove as strongly approve.
The increase in disapproval can mostly be attributed to voters under age 30 (+17 points more disapproving than in September), independents (+13), men (+11) and Democrats (+8).
«This isn’t a complicated story,» says Republican pollster Daron Shaw, who helps run the Fox News Poll with Democratic counterpart Chris Anderson. «ICE’s tactics in Minneapolis, along with negative news coverage, have caused a sharp drop in approval, especially among independents and members of the out-party.»
Meanwhile, large majorities of MAGA supporters (94% approve), very conservative voters (87% approve) and Republicans (83%) back ICE.
When asked about funding the agency, nearly half (46%) said reduce it. The other half wants to increase funding (20%), keep at current levels (18%) or fund at current levels but with new restrictions (16%).
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Majorities of Democrats (77%) and independents (59%) want to defund ICE while Republicans would prefer to at least keep it at its current level (37%) if not increase it (43%).
Today, voters are slightly more likely to feel the Trump administration’s immigration policies have made the U.S. safer (42% safer vs. 37% less safe) than they did last June, when they were split on the matter (39% each). Overall, 2 in 10 say the policies don’t make a difference to safety.
But when looking at immigration from an economic lens, more voters think the administration’s policies are hurting the economy (49%) than helping it (33%). Two in 10 (17%) say they haven’t had an effect on the economy.
Majorities of Republicans are more likely to say the immigration policies have made the U.S. safer (82%) and helped the economy (66%), while it’s the opposite for Democrats (62% less safe, 83% hurt). A majority of independents think the economy is being hurt (57%) but are more divided on safety: 27% safer, 40% less safe, 33% no difference.
Views on what to do about illegal immigration remain nuanced. Two-thirds favor allowing illegal immigrants who have jobs in the U.S. to stay and apply for legal status (67% favor, 33% oppose). On the other hand, 6 in 10 favor deporting immigrants who are here illegally back to their home countries (59% favor, 40% oppose).
Among voters favoring deportation, 53% would support immigrants who live here illegally but have jobs to stay and apply for legal status.
Majorities of Hispanic voters favor allowing illegal immigrants with jobs to stay (74% favor), disagree with deportations (56% oppose) and disapprove of ICE (58%).
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Big picture, border security and immigration remain President Trump’s best issues. Border security continues to be his only net positive job rating with 52% approving and 48% disapproving. While his handling of immigration stands at 47% approve and 53% disapprove, it is a slight improvement since the last recording in January when it was 45-55%.
The president’s ratings on other issues remain underwater: jobs (43% approve, 56% disapprove), taxes (40-59%), foreign policy (40-60%), economy (38-61%), healthcare (38-61%), tariffs (36-63%), and cost of living (32-67%).
Conducted Feb. 28 to March 2, 2026, under the direction of Beacon Research (D) and Shaw & Company Research (R), this Fox News survey includes interviews with a sample of 1,004 registered voters randomly selected from a national voter file. Respondents spoke with live interviewers on landlines (104) and cellphones (642) or completed the survey online after receiving a text (258). Results based on the full sample have a margin of sampling error of ±3 percentage points. Sampling error for results among subgroups is higher. In addition to sampling error, question wording and order can influence results. Weights are generally applied to age, race, education and area variables to ensure the demographics are representative of the registered voter population. Sources for developing weight targets include the most recent American Community Survey, Fox News Voter Analysis and voter file data.
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La guerra sacude al Líbano: evacuaron el sur de Beirut y se intensifican los ataques entre Israel y Hezbollah

El Líbano se convirtió en el segundo frente de la guerra en Medio Oriente.
Mientras merma la intensidad de los ataques iraníes a Israel, su grupo proxy libanés, el movimiento armado chiíta Hezbollah, intensificó su ofensiva sobre territorio israelí a través del lanzamiento de misiles.
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En represalia, el ejército de Israel bombardeó distintos puntos del país y ordenó evacuar el distrito de Dahiyeh, en el sur de Beirut y bastión de las milicias islámicas, mientras sus soldados entraron en territorio libanés para crear una “zona tapón” en la frontera. Este jueves se produjo un masivo éxodo de la población de la periferia sur de la capital.
Hezbollah es el único aliado militar de Irán que está participando activamente en la guerra que enfrenta a Teherán contra Israel y Estados Unidos y que involucra a más de una docena de países.
Los hutíes yemeníes se mantienen por ahora al margen, mientras las milicias chiítas proiraníes de Siria e Irak no se caracterizan por tener un gran poderío militar.
Qué poder de fuego mantienen las milicias de Hezbollah
Hezbollah (Partido de Dios) es un movimiento político legalizado que creó un poderoso ejército paralelo con enorme control e influencia de la vida política, económica y militar del Líbano. Es en la práctica un Estado dentro del Estado libanés.
Su estructura castrense fue financiada y armada por Irán en las últimas décadas, pero su poderío militar quedó reducido tras dos años de guerra con Israel, en solidaridad con los palestinos de Gaza. Sin embargo, todavía mantiene activos a decenas de miles de combatientes.
Los libaneses buscan salir de la periferia sur de Beirut bajo amenaza de ataque israelí. (Foto: REUTERS/Claudia Greco)
“No está claro qué poder de fuego retuvo Hezbollah. Obviamente ha estado disparando (misiles y cohetes) contra Israel pero no ha provocado daños significativos por lo que sabemos hasta ahora”, dijo a TN el analista David Wood, especialista en temas del Líbano con base en Beirut del Crisis Group, una ONG encargada de la resolución de conflictos.
Según el experto, “siempre es posible que Hezbollah todavía tenga armas pesadas como misiles de precisión guiada que no usaron en la ultima escalada masiva en 2024, si es que todavía tiene esas armas, lo que no está claro”.
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“Tampoco está claro si Hezbollah tiene la capacidad de usarlas. Tal vez las personas estrenadas para usar estas armas complejas murieron (en la anterior guerra). Entonces, no está claro si Hezbollah todavía tiene esas armas y, si es así, si tiene la capacidad para usarlas”, afirmó.
Qué está pasando hoy en el Líbano
Desde el estallido de la guerra y la entrada de Hezbollah en el conflicto, el ministerio de Salud libanés, que no responde al grupo islámico, contabliza 102 muertos y 638 heridos. Los desplazados ascienden a más de 83.000.
El gobierno libanés del primer ministro Nawaf Salam, en el que Hezbollah no participa directamente pero mantiene ministros cercanos a su alianza parlamentaria con el movimiento Amal, teme que el número de víctimas aumente en forma exponencial en los próximos días. Éxodo masivo de libaneses en el sur de Beirut, bastión de Hezbollah (Foto: REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi)
Israel ordenó este jueves evacuar todos los suburbios del sur de Beirut, el mayor bastión de Hezbollah en el país. “Salven sus vidas y evacuen sus viviendas de inmediato”, advirtió un portavoz militar,
La orden provocó una virtual estampida de la población, temerosa de ser víctima de un bombardeo masivo de la fuerza aérea israelí. El pánico provocó embotellamientos interminables en las principales salidas del sur de la capital.
De hecho, el ministro de Finanzas israelí, el ultraderechista Bezalel Smotrich, advirtió que el distrito sur de Beirut se enfrentará a una devastación similar a la de Gaza.
“Muy pronto, Dahiyeh se parecerá a Jan Yunis”, aseguró Smotrich, al aludir de la localidad de la Franja de Gaza reducida a escombros durante la guerra en ese enclave palestino. “Hezbollah cometió un grave error y pagará un alto precio. Estamos atacando la cabeza del pulpo en Irán y, al mismo tiempo, cortaremos el brazo de Hezbollah”, dijo durante su visita a la frontera norte de Israel.
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En las últimas 48 horas, los ataques afectaron partes del territorio libanés más allá de las zonas comúnmente asociadas con Hezbollah, alertó el medio estadounidense The Media Line, especializado en temas de Medio Oriente.
Según el reporte, las fuerzas israelíes atacaron el valle de la Bekaa, de fuerte presencia del grupo islámico, pero también las zonas de Baabda, Aramoun (en el distrito de Aley) y Saadiyat (en Shouf), zonas con mayor población drusa.
Israel ordenó también la evacuación de más de 50 pueblos y ciudades libanesas fronterizas para crear una línea de seguridad en el sur del Líbano. En tanto, las milicias de Hezbollah se atribuyeron ofensivas contra fuerzas terrestres israelíes y 13 ataques contra Israel el martes.
En las últimas horas, el grupo islámico reivindicó además el lanzamiento de cohetes y drones suicidas contra ciudades israelíes, como Tel Aviv y Haifa.
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Iranian vessel suffers engine failure, offloads crew days after US submarine sank other ship

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An Iranian ship offloaded more than 200 members of its crew to Sri Lanka on Friday after suffering an engine failure at sea, just days after a U.S. submarine sank an Iranian warship in an Indian Ocean torpedo attack.
The IRIS Bushehr, described in previous Iranian media reports as a navy logistics ship, is being brought first to the port of Colombo, according to Sri Lanka navy spokesman Cmdr. Buddhika Sampath. Sailors are being taken to a naval base in Welisara following medical exams and immigration procedures.
«We have to understand that this is not an ordinary situation,» Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake said Thursday. «It’s a request by a ship belonging to one party to enter into our port. We have to consider that according to the international treaties and conventions.»
Dissanayake added that authorities decided to take control of the IRIS Bushehr following discussions with Iranian officials and the ship’s captain, after one of its engines failed. He said some crew members would remain on board to help the Sri Lankan navy later navigate the vessel to Trincomalee on the island’s northeast coast, about 165 miles from Colombo.
Iranian navy personnel stand aboard the IRIS Bushehr in Port Sudan, Sudan, in December 2012. The ship ran into engine problems on March 6, 2026, and is being taken to Sri Lanka, reports said. (STR/AFP via Getty Images)
The moves come after the U.S. sank the Iranian warship IRIS Dena off Sri Lanka’s coast on Wednesday.
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said it was «the first sinking of an enemy ship by a torpedo since World War II.»
The Indian navy said Thursday that it had initiated search and rescue operations after receiving a distress signal from the Dena, deploying two aircraft along with a sailing training vessel. By the time the response was launched, the Sri Lankan navy had already started its own rescue efforts, it said.
The Sri Lankan navy rescued 32 sailors and recovered 87 bodies after the attack, according to The Associated Press.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said Thursday that the U.S. will «bitterly regret» striking and sinking that ship.
«The U.S. has perpetrated an atrocity at sea, 2,000 miles away from Iran’s shores,» Araqchi wrote on X. «Frigate Dena, a guest of India’s Navy carrying almost 130 sailors, was struck in international waters without warning.»
US ‘WINNING DECISIVELY’ AGAINST IRAN, WILL ACHIEVE ‘COMPLETE CONTROL’ OF AIRSPACE WITHIN DAYS, HEGSETH SAYS

A U.S. submarine sunk an Iranian warship in international waters in the Indian Ocean, War Secretary Pete Hegseth confirmed Wednesday. (@DeptofWar/X)
«Mark my words: The U.S. will come to bitterly regret precedent it has set,» he added.
Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine told reporters at the Pentagon on Wednesday that the Iranian vessel was «effectively neutralized» in a Navy «fast attack» using a single Mark 48 torpedo.

Two Iranian sailors, center, who were rescued from the IRIS Dena warship by Sri Lanka’s navy, are seen in Galle, Sri Lanka, on Thursday, March 5, 2026. (Eranga Jayawardena/AP)
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He added that the U.S. Navy achieved «immediate effect, sending the warship to the bottom of the sea.»
Fox News’ Stephen Sorace, Landon Mion and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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WATCH: Walz, Ellison, Omar refuse to answer when pressed on fraud after contentious fraud hearing

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Following the highly anticipated House Oversight Committee hearing on fraud Wednesday, Fox News Digital pressed Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Attorney General Keith Ellison about their roles in the scandal but received no response from the embattled officials.
«Why wasn’t the fraud caught sooner, governor?» Walz was asked after the hearing. «Almost $10 billion — why wasn’t it caught sooner?»
Walz declined to answer as he was escorted down a hallway by staff but stopped briefly to speak with another individual. During a second encounter, Walz again declined to answer the question but acknowledged a security guard as he walked down the hallway.
«Mr. Attorney General, can you tell us why the fraud wasn’t caught sooner?» Ellison was asked after his testimony.
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, AG Keith Ellison, and Rep. Ilhan Omar avoided questions from Fox News Digital on Wednesday. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images; Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images )
Ellison did not respond and continued walking up a staircase.
Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar, who did not testify Wednesday but has faced criticism for her ties to the Feeding Our Future fraud scandal in the state, did not respond after the hearing when Fox News Digital began asking her questions.
Walz and Ellison faced a barrage of tough questions from Republicans during the hearing on the massive fraud scandal in the state, with most focused on one key theme: What did they know and when did they know it?
Walz and Ellison were asked multiple times for specifics about when they were first made aware of the fraud and faced sharp rebukes from Republican members, including Rep. Virginia Foxx.
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Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz testifies during a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing in the U.S. Capitol Building on March 04, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
«You did not do your job, you did not do your job,» Foxx told Walz. «You did not protect taxpayer dollars. You allowed massive fraud. You and Mr. Ellison allowed massive fraud to go on in the state of Minnesota. It is unfortunate, as somebody said, that you can’t be held personally responsible at this stage in the game.»
An exchange between GOP Rep. Jim Jordan and Walz sparked immediate pushback from conservatives on social media.
One of the most contentious exchanges came during questioning from GOP Rep. Nancy Mace when she pressed Walz for specific numbers on how many children are in his state, the massive increase in autism care spending and why that occurred, without getting specific figures from Walz.
«Ok, so your excuse before — that you didn’t know what the 2017 autism numbers were — because you were not governor, and today you can’t answer the numbers about 2024 as governor, and you still said you prepared for this hearing today. It’s unbelievable.»
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Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz speaks to reporters after announcing he would not seek reelection at the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul, Minnesota, U.S., January 5, 2026. (Reuters/Tim Evans)
GOP Rep. Clay Higgins confronted Ellison in another heated moment, asking him to say he was «leading» the fight to root out corruption. Without receiving the specific answer he was looking for, Higgins called for Ellison’s resignation.
«I’m not talking about Medicaid fraud, don’t hide behind that,» Higgins said, interrupting Ellison. «You have the authority to prosecute anything criminally that the governor asks you to, and this thing is big. I’m giving you an opportunity, sir, are you leading the criminal investigative effort into this massive fraud across the board…or not?» Higgins pressed.
«You are not leading. I’m going to say, Mr. Chairman, that the attorney general of the state of Minnesota should resign,» Higgins said.
At the close of the hearing, things became tense again when GOP Rep. Nick Langworthy suggested that Walz, who is still serving as governor despite dropping out of his reelection bid due to the fraud scandal, should be impeached for «malfeasance,» citing Minnesota’s Constitution.
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