There's also NOTHING about THE WALL; which should make it a no starter.
Considering we now have the option of releasing them pending a future hearing they will not show up for or separating the children from the adults and holding them in different facilities for two to six months, the cost of holding the families as a unit for 14 days would be much less expensive. This proposal would also immediately deport them after the asylum decision rather the current procedure of requiring a separate deportation hearing following the asylum hearing.
As for the wall, this proposal does not do anything for or against that necessary structure. It simply addresses an acute problem in a manner that would turn the 2000 mile trip from South America into a maximum two week stay in a detention center followed by a recorded deportation and quick trip back home. With this record of deportation, reentry becomes a felony rather than the misdemeanor for the first offense.
It's a truly STUPID and EXPENSIVE idea, which won't solve anything; it just appeals you naive people.
Many, if not the vast majority of supposed "families" are no such thing!
And in a rush to get judges, wanna bet how many WILL be lefties who just clear EVERYONE FOR AMNESTY/ASYLUM!
This BS idea from Cruz stinks on ice and is NOT the answer!