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Dr. Karatrantos: Doubtful Success of Trump's Immigration Policy with ICE

Published January 22, 2026, 09:10
Dr. Karatrantos: Doubtful Success of Trump's Immigration Policy with ICE

Dr. Triantafyllos Karatrantos expresses doubts about the success of Donald Trump's immigration policy, with the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency at the forefront. He believes that this approach will reinforce polarization and confrontation surrounding the issue of immigration, rather than managing it effectively. The deployment of hundreds of ICE agents to the state of Minnesota is linked to Trump's pre-election commitments to stricter immigration control. However, Dr. Karatrantos points out that this policy does not aim to de-escalate polarization, but to exploit it to promote his political agenda. Minnesota was chosen as a priority due to its large number of immigrants and its sizable Somali community. ICE has taken on the operational implementation of this priority. Dr. Karatrantos warns of the risk of radicalization within the immigrant population and the need to de-escalate the situation.