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The confusion surrounding Maradiaga’s fate underscores the labyrinthian nature of the legal processes around immigration, and is also a reminder of ICE’s capacity. Rep. Torres, who got involved in the case with a letter to ICE’s acting director, told MSNBC that despite Biden’s order, he worries ICE could be a “rogue agency,” still loyal to Trump’s nativist ideology. He said that, for him, reigning in ICE is about a “freedom from fear” as outlined by Franklin Delano Roosevelt. There are elements of extremism within ICE, which has been deeply radicalized at the hands of Donald Trump, Torres told MSNBC. And even though Joe Biden is the president of the United States, I do worry that ICE remains loyal to the nativist ideology of Donald Trump, so ICE cannot be trusted to police itself.