According to the ICPS annual survey, 52.4% of Catalans are in favor of immigration, but Two-thirds want to limit their accessPerhaps due to the "agenda" effect caused by the poisoned political debate. The hardening of domestic opinion coincides with the trend toward favoring deportations in other countries, a policy that has proven unsuccessful. During his first term, Donald Trump pledged to deport 1 million undocumented immigrants to the United States each year to eliminate a third of the estimated 11 million in the country. The final tally was 1.2 million formal deportations (removals(with a deportation order). A failure, considering that it was surpassed by Obama (2,749,706 in eight years). This can be explained by several reasons: first, because immigration policy depends on cooperation between federal, state, and local authorities, who, in many cases—in sanctuary cities and states—refused to cooperate with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, known by the terrifying acronym ICE, and also ran into trouble with the issuing authorities. The system's collapse was significant: there were not enough immigration judges or administrative resources to prevent the enormous delays in processing.

The countries of the European Union (EU) have approved a historic tightening of migration rules, including the creation of "return centers" outside the EU and a new solidarity mechanism based on fines. This is a radical shift that involves third countries, and we cannot foresee its short-term consequences from the perspective of the geopolitics of migration in Europe. What was approved in Brussels is a restrictive inflection point motivated by internal political pressure from the far right, despite the recent drop in irregular entries. In short: more authoritarianism to manage, both externally and internally.

One of the owners of the Trump Burger chain, named after US President Donald Trump, has been arrested and could be deported from the United States because his visa has expired. Roland Beainy, 28, of Lebanese origin, could become another victim of Trump's immigration policies, despite paying tribute to the president in his establishments.