New Biden plan will let people in Latin American countries apply to legally enter U.S., Canada or Spain

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

67% : CBP One, a cellphone-based application, will continue to allow people to request asylum from their home countries and schedule an appointment with immigration agents at a U.S. port of entry.
59% : The administration said in a statement that while these measures should help reduce the number of people attempting to enter the country illegally, Congress needs to revise the country's immigration laws, which haven't seen a major overhaul since 1986, when the Reagan administration provided amnesty to 3 million people who were in the country illegally while also making it illegal for employers to hire undocumented immigrants.
57% : The application, which became available for asylum seekers to use in January, offers about 740 appointments per day across the southern border.
52% : Since the Trump administration invoked Title 42 in March 2020 at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, immigration officials have used it 2.7 million times at the southern border to expel migrants to Mexico or their home countries without giving them an opportunity to request asylum.
50% : Under the plan -- one of several policy changes the Biden administration hopes will reduce illegal migration after the public emergency health order known as Title 42 ends on May 11 -- people anywhere in the Western hemisphere will be able to request asylum or refugee status at the nearest processing center and choose which country they would like to migrate to.
47% : Some immigrant rights advocates welcomed the processing centers in Latin America, but said the administration should not bar people from requesting asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border and should include people from Africa."Historically, the U.S. has resettled very small numbers of refugees from Latin America, despite the need.
39% : Once Title 42 is lifted, immigration agents will continue enforcing immigration laws that could punish migrants with a 5-year ban on legally entering the U.S. and criminal prosecution if a migrant is caught illegally entering the country more than once.
39% : "However, advocates are gravely concerned that the system may be used in conjunction with a ban on asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border, and that people from Africa who do not already have access to refugee resettlement will be left in harm's way."
37% : The administration said that anyone who doesn't use one of the available pathways to enter the country legally also could be barred from requesting asylum in the future.

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