Overview
- Trump endorsed on Truth Social a post that would add the word "National" to Immigration and Customs Enforcement to create the acronym "NICE", and spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt confirmed his support on X.
- Reporters note there is no bill or executive order to change the agency’s name, so nothing is moving through the formal process.
- Renaming a federal agency normally requires Congress to pass a law, according to coverage citing The Hill.
- The talk of a new label follows months of criticism over deadly shootings and aggressive raids linked to ICE operations in Minneapolis, which led to Gregory Bovino’s removal and Tom Homan halting the Minnesota raids.
- Rights groups dismissed the idea as cosmetic, with Amnesty International saying on X that "ICE or NICE" the agency’s unlawful actions are anything but.