Immigration enforcement and ICE operations
Immigration enforcement has become a highly visible issue in Alabama, with national debates over ICE operations, use of license-plate readers, and National Guard deployments affecting communities. Polling shows low confidence in ICE among many Americans, while Alabama's legislature has historically supported strict immigration enforcement measures.
Should Alabama increase cooperation with federal ICE immigration enforcement operations?
How OpenCampaign quiz-takers stand on this issue
30% call it a high-priority issue (rating it 7+ out of 10).
- Liberal30%
- Lean liberal23%
- Moderate16%
- Lean conservative6%
- Conservative25%
High-priority share over time
The high-priority share has ranged 26–45% since 2016. Election-year cohorts skew casual and under-rate every issue, so the dips around 2020 and 2024 partly reflect who took the quiz, not a shift in opinion. Updated 21 Sep 2026.
Where do you stand?
Should Alabama increase cooperation with federal ICE immigration enforcement operations?
How important is this to you?
✓ You told us where you stand
Sources
Do you support or oppose the use of data from license-plate readers by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to track undocumented immigrants? A majority of Americans have little or no confidence in ICE.
Trump Administration Green Card Memo Is Another Attack on Legal Immigration That Risks Separating Families and Harming the Economy.
Positions on this issue · liberal → conservative
- End state cooperation with ICE entirely and establish Alabama as a sanctuary state.
- Limit ICE cooperation to violent criminals; protect undocumented residents from routine sweeps.
- Maintain current cooperation levels; avoid expanding or restricting enforcement partnerships.
- Expand ICE cooperation including data sharing and National Guard support for deportations.
- Fully deputize local police as immigration enforcement officers and fund mass deportations.