A carnival float titled “Trump ICE Copy.”Image: keystone
April 27, 2026, 6:53 p.mApril 27, 2026, 6:59 p.m
According to his government spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt, US President Donald Trump supports the idea of renaming the controversial immigration agency ICE to NICE. She wrote that on platform This would create the abbreviation NICE (“nice, beautiful”). «Great idea!!! Do it. President DJT,” wrote Trump.
It was initially unclear how realistic a change in the authority’s name would be. This is subordinate to the Department of Homeland Security. According to the US newspaper “The Hill”, renaming a federal agency usually requires a resolution from Congress in the form of a law. Only in this way can the legal basis on which the authority was founded and thus its name be changed.
ICE officials have been in the negative headlines in recent months because of the fatal shooting of two Americans and the rigorous crackdown on migrants. The situation escalated, particularly in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The hardliner Gregory Bovino, who was responsible for the operations, then had to leave. His successor, Border Patrol Commander Tom Homan, put an end to the raids in Minnesota and thus eased the situation. (sda/dpa)