They Voted for Trump—and They’re Appalled by ICE
Nivriti Agaram marches with others during the “ICE Out” general-strike protest in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota, on Friday, January 30, 2025. (Jenn Ackerman for The Free Press)
Maya Sulkin talks to Trump voters who prioritized border security but say they didn’t expect mass deportations to look like this.
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Nivriti Agaram is not someone you’d expect to be chanting anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) slogans.
Agaram, 21, is the daughter of Indian immigrants. She moved to the U.S. when she was 2 years old and became a citizen five years ago. In the 2024 presidential election, her first vote, Agaram cast her ballot for Donald Trump, in no small part because of her belief in the need for a strong border.
“Trump was the only one talking about immigration. Kamala was too scared to talk about it,” Agaram said.
But this past weekend, Agaram bought a ticket to fly from Washington, D.C., to Minneapolis, where she waved an American flag to protest Trump’s “unconstitutional” immigration tactics.
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