Loopholes....lol. Loopholes hell. A wide open border where we accept anyone who staggers across is not a “loophole”.
CLOSE the DAMNED BORDER! What else was the point of that whole declare an emergency thing?
“What else was the point of that whole declare an emergency thing?”
The big thing was to get money to build wall - a longer term (multi-year) effort, needed in the big picture (and for re-election).
They $8 billion identified for this year, is enough to button up the Rio Grande Valley and border cities, where over 3/4 of illegals now enter. It was really the main battle in the long term effort to secure the border, and the President had to play that Trump card to win it.