Biden reportedly considers detaining migrant families in major reversal

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

48% : The border patrol stopped migrants 128,410 times on the Mexican border in January, down 42% from December, which was the highest month on record.
47% : During the height of the pandemic, few families were held in custody, and US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials are now using those facilities to hold single adults who cross the border illegally.
46% : But the US has increasingly moved to restrict migrants as it faces record numbers of people coming to the Mexico border seeking asylum, and it is seeing some success at bringing down the number of migrants making a dangerous and often deadly journey.
20% : Last month, the Biden administration said it would generally deny asylum to migrants who show up at the US southern border without first seeking protection in a country they passed through, mirroring an attempt by the Trump administration that never took effect because it was blocked in court.
16% : Jean-Pierre pushed back against criticism that Biden was reinstating some of the policies of former president Donald Trump, who, among the major changes he made to the immigration system, severely curbed asylum and forcibly separated children from their parents at the border in a policy denounced worldwide as inhumane.

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