If we’re going to have a respectful conversation about immigration policy, it would help to understand there are international human rights laws at play in the discussion. If you want the United States to continue breaking international laws we agreed to follow surrounding asylum seekers, that’s fine, just be up-front about it, Mr. Law and Order.
Then why don't we do what our allies do?
Oh, that's right, our own allies are worse than Trump on his worst day. The Germans jailed, and when those filled up, actually had interment camps that rivaled the The Gangs of New York, letting them kill each other at times.
Talk to American servicemen and women who witnessed some of those.
And once Germany turned them all ay, the Czechs, Romanians and Hungarians dealt with the fallout. The Hungarians just built an effective wall, and went full Xeno. The Czechs and Romanians are still seeking damages.
I really think Americans need to realize that we're still the most understanding nation and don't even require meritocratic immigration like our allies.
Unfortunately our rates since 2013 haven't been sustainable, and we've been anti-meritocratic all this century... the worst result.
We made it so difficult for the world's best to even get a Green Card, and the H1B system is designed to screw over immigrants. All while we have a floodgate of those who don't care, and are under the thumb of organized crime.
We used to balance worthy against refugee, so we had both productive and leaching at the same time. But now we argue extremes... and both are wrong.
And we're turning organized crime into a black market GDP that Rivals our official GDP.
But at least the US is still not doing things Australia, Britain, Canada, Germany and others are very guilty of doing.