We basically already do what Derek proposes.
We need to change the way “asylum” is dealt with at the border. If you don’t change it, all 14,000 of these people will walk straight into the US to stay, no matter how many troops we put on the border. Build all the tent cities for them you want, in 20 days they’ll just be released into the population.
Unless we change “asylum”. Unless you are a politician on the run from your government’s hit squads, you don’t qualify. If you are a farmer from the banana republics, you don’t qualify... and most important, it shouldn’t take a judge to declare it, this is something the first line Border guard at the gate can decide... or at the very most, his shift supervisor.
Make that change, and our existing border guards can stop the entire 14000 man army approaching the border. Fail to make that change, and a hundred foot wall won’t stop them.
Pres. Trump’s moment of truth is rapidly approaching. This is his biggest test yet. Pray for this nation.