Analysts see major hurdles in new US border policy

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : Around 25,000 migrants were being held in U.S. Customs and Border Protection facilities near the border on Friday, down slightly from record highs earlier in the week, according to the National Border Patrol Council, a union for agents.
45% : The Biden Administration has worked hard to get the message out that the ending of the COVID-era restrictions, known as Title 42, does not mean the border is open, and that migrants need to use the new mobile app, CPB One, to book an appointment to seek asylum rather than cross illegally.
37% : Associate Director of Immigration Studies at Cato Institute David Bier said, "And if they cannot request asylum from Border Patrol, they will seek to evade detection and sneak into the country.
37% : That's bad for border security.

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