That’s an excellent point.
We have rules on how to apply for asylum, and it doesn’t include sneaking over the border and making the claim when you get caught!
So we could deny them asylum simply on procedural grounds.
“we could deny them asylum simply on procedural grounds.”
I think that is what President Trump is pushing for, when he recently proposed that illegal crossers be sent back, without a judge being involved. Such procedures have been used before, but the Left has created a web of rules and court rulings that have created the unnatural condition we were in - unable to legally control our own border.
As you mentioned, AG Sessions deserves credit for his work on many of the traps and snares constructed by the Left to impede immigration control - closing the amnesty loophole will probably be a big impact just by itself. There have been a lot of things that General Sessions has done that have escaped wide notice, but the backlog of cases that have overwhelmed the immigration system (a la Cloward Piven) has crested, and finally begun to recede.
This administration really knows what is doing. The really big things that need to be done though, require Congress. A merit-based immigration system, wall funding, e-verify, welfare restrictions and enforcement authority would dramatically improve the situation. That is the big deal on immigration. I hope the Republicans (Conservatives) do well in the mid terms, so the President can get a deal through Congress during his first term.