I have been having the same discussion with my son (college ruined him) Here is the text I just sent him. “I have some questions for you. Do we have laws that forbid people from entering our country illegally? When said people come into our country, breaking those laws, should they be arrested? When these parents are arrested, do they usually go to jail? Should the children go to jail with their parents? Should we ignore our laws and just let these people go on their merry way into our country? If we ignore one law, then does that set up precedents to ignore others? If someone broke into your house because he wanted to live in it, would you want him to go to jail or say “Nah”, just because he has kids and he would be separated from them? Or would you just say “sure come live with me”? If you decide to let him go to jail, is it the cops fault? If so, how?” He wants to blame this all on Trump, but I said Trump is the Executive branch and their job is to enforce the laws that Congress makes. He is placing his anger on the wrong people. First his anger should be with the parents who drag their kids with them in an attempt to break our laws. Second, should be with Congress who make the laws in the first place. I told him Trump has been pleading with Congress to change these laws. (hope this makes sense)
Yes, what you said is all true. Good questions for your son. Hope some of it soaks in.
Some other questions (Tucker Carlson is a master at these):
What is the right number of illegal immigrants to allow into this country to be supported by U S taxpayers?
Which laws are okay to break and which ones to enforce? Who gets to decide that?
GOOD LUCK