The topic everyone is talking about...Immigration.

Earlier this year, the DOJ announced a "zero tolerance" policy directed at people who are caught crossing the border illegally. The policy has led to the separation of thousands of kids from their families at the US-Mexico border and sparked an outrage from the hearts of Americans across the country.

Hundreds of thousands of people have made the trek to the US-Mexico border just this year. Many of them are from places like Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras, where they are dealing with things like poverty, viscous drug cartels, and violence. The migrants are making the trek to the border to seek asylum.

Asylum is protection given to non-citizens , however this protection is temporary. Once you apply for asylum the government has to look at your application and if it is given the seal of approval you are considered a refugee with government protection.

Since the start of the zero tolerance policy between April and May more than 2,300 kids were separated from their families as the adults were taken into custody and prosecuted. The kids were transferred to detention centers and shelters to be looked after by other government agencies (Office of Refugee Resettlement). The pictures, showing chain-link fences, mattresses on the floor, and thermal blankets have sent shock waves through America.

Child detainees sleep in a holding cell at a US Customs and Border Protection processing facility in Brownsville, Texas

Other administrations, like the Bush and Obama admins, have enacted similar "zero tolerance" policies, however Trump's admin says there were still too many loopholes. His hopes for this "zero tolerance" policy is to send a message to other migrants not to come.

Since the photos have come out Trump has received backlash from pretty much everyone, from lawmakers on either side of the aisle to First Lady Melania and even Pope Francis. Trump has stated that he didn't like "the sight or the feeling" of families being separated.

The "zero tolerance" policy is still a thing but Trump signed an executive order so families can stick together while they are in custody and get their cases sped up, and a federal judge said that the Trump admin can't deport reunited families...yet.

Alisson Ximena Valencia Madrid, 6, reunites with her mother after being separated by immigration.

The administration has commented saying that every eligible child under five years old has since been reunited with their family, but this mess has left everyone with more questions than answers. The sooner we come up with a solid immigration bill the better, for everyone.