Latin American Migration, Once Limited to a Few Countries, Turns Into a Mass Exodus

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

53% : The administration this week sent hundreds of Customs and Border Protection agents to stabilize the border and try to keep more migrants from entering.
51% : Some, usually with small children, are allowed to enter and ask for asylum, adding to an already-overwhelmed asylum system.
39% : Many of those apprehended are currently being sent back across the border under a public health authority known as Title 42 that both the Trump and Biden administrations have argued allows the U.S., during a public health emergency, to deny migrants' rights to request asylum.
38% : "In Nicaragua, our fate is prison or death," said Cristhian Espinosa, a 19-year-old Nicaraguan who hoped to get asylum in the U.S. after saying he received death threats from a pro-government paramilitary group.

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