Americans oppose the federal policy of “catch and release” for migrants by 2:1, according to a new poll by Harvard-Harris.
Almost 1,800 adults were asked, “Do you think that people who cross the border from Mexico illegally should be turned back to Mexico or released into the U.S. with a court date?”
Sixty-seven percent said they should be “turned back to Mexico,” while 33 percent said they should be allowed into the United States pending court hearings on their asylum claims.
The poll also asked, “Do you think that coming into the United States without any documentation should be a crime or not a crime?” The respondents split, 65 percent to 35 percent, with about two-thirds of respondents saying it should remain a crime.
The survey was conducted February 23 to 25, shortly after President Joe Biden’s deputies began welcoming Central American migrants who had been sent back to Mexico by former President Donald Trump’s Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP) program.
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