If the parents of these children ask for asylum, then, by a 1997 law, the children are separated from the parents after 20 days; because, BY THAT LAW, U.S. authorities CANNOT hold minors in detention more than 20 days.
Don’t think for a moment that the media a$$holes are unaware of this.
“If the parents of these children ask for asylum, then, ...BY THAT LAW, U.S. authorities CANNOT hold minors in detention more than 20 days.”
I think that was a consent decree with a judge, rather than a law.
One possible approach, is to give families with children priority for having their asylum denied - put them to the front of the line, with a proven hanging judge, who will put them on the express train to deportation.