Mr. Trump’s proposed deal represents an almost complete reversal from previous Republican immigration priorities.

“Families aren’t chains. They are mothers, fathers, husbands, wives, grandmothers, grandfathers and brothers and sisters.”

“It’s not just, ‘I’ll pray for you.’ We need to do something personally for them.”

Although many readers were dismayed by being asked to pick a “best” policy, 31 percent of respondents told America that restrictions on abortion were Mr. Trump’s best policy.

Democrats, and the Republicans who understand Dreamers are owed protection, could take a lesson from people of color around the country in how to navigate a political process tainted by racism. The lives of 800,000 Dreamers depend on it.

“Separating fathers from families has been going on for a while. But now, even mothers are being separated from their children.”