Texas has placed at least 10 migrants in jail after crossing illegally into U.S.

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

36% : Since first announcing earlier this summer that Texas would begin charging migrants with state crimes, Abbott has said law enforcement would not be involved in "catch and release" and said those arrested would spend time behind bars.
31% : The arrests put in motion plans that Abbott first announced in June when he also said that Texas would continue building former President Donald Trump's border wall and called on other governors to deploy law enforcement and National Guard members to the southern border.
19% : But the largest Texas counties along the southern border, where crossings are typically the highest, have rejected Abbott's offer to heighten enforcement and accept disaster declarations, which governors typically only grant during events like hurricanes or wildfire.

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