Results: Trump Administration To End 'Catch And Release' Immigration Policy

Were you aware of the catch and release immigration policy before this survey?

The policy change was announced Monday by Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Kevin McAleenan in remarks at the Council on Foreign Relations in Washington, D.C. Do you think it makes sense to end a program that allows people to just, "walk into" a country without following the proper legal channels?

"With some humanitarian and medical exceptions, DHS will no longer be releasing family units from Border Patrol Stations into the interior," McAleenan said in his prepared remarks. "This means that for family units, the largest demographic by volume arriving at the border this year, the court-mandated practice of catch and release due to the inability of DHS to complete immigration proceedings with families detained together in custody — will have been mitigated." McAleenan said the end of "catch and release" is a reaction, in part, to the record number of 144,000 migrants apprehended or encountered at the southern border in May. He said that 72% were unaccompanied children or families. Do you think the U.S. should just open their borders and allow that many immigrants enter illegally each month?

Do you think it makes sense to make immigrants obey a set of laws to become legal citizens of that country?

"If migrant family units do not claim fear of return, they will be quickly returned to their country of origin, in close collaboration with Central American countries," the statement read. "If they do claim fear, they will generally be returned to Mexico under the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP)." Under the MPP, the U.S. government sends asylum-seeking migrants to Mexico, where they reside as they wait for court dates in the U.S. to pursue their claims for protection. The program, also known as "Remain in Mexico," has come under widespread criticism for failing to protect migrants with legitimate fears of returning to their homeland. Do you think it is reasonable for the U.S. to have immigrants wait a set amount of time outside of the U.S. before their immigrant status can be reviewed in a court of law to determine if they can become citizens?