An ideal border system would have a wall and a well-funded BP that catches most migrants. We are much better here than we were a generation or two back.
And it would effectively close the asylum process off to all but the "better" claimants. The recent bill definitely would have moved our immigration law well down the right path there. This is the current "big weakness" in the law.
There's some ancillary issues like the "Flores decision" that restricts the ability to detain unaccompanied minor children. That will need to go via legislation.
And it would effectively close the asylum process off to all but the "better" claimants. The recent bill definitely would have moved our immigration law well down the right path there. This is the current "big weakness" in the law.
There's some ancillary issues like the "Flores decision" that restricts the ability to detain unaccompanied minor children. That will need to go via legislation.