> The magic word is asylum. <
You do have a point. But an illegal cannot claim asylum if he cannot cross the border in the first place.
Did I expect a wall to magically appear the day after Trump took office? No. But I did expect federal troops at the border, many federal troops.
The asylum rule is “on US soil” and on most of the border where there is a fence it is set back from the actual international boundary. Meaning the illegals technically are already on our soil before they get to the border fence. That fact does not escape the hoards of immigration lawyers that are “assisting” asylum seekers.
Putting armed federal troops on the border is a major step, sounds good and it may come to that- actually is under consideration right now with the insurrection proposal. But it truly is a huge step so it should not be taken lightly.
If we had federal troops on the border- it will be a huge issue of where exactly is the actual border. With the feet on our soil rule we would have to know every inch of the legal boundary. On paper we do but out there in the desert it would be a different story for our troops who would be dealing with it 24/7.
Federal troops on the border to stop people that a large number of Americans see as legitimate asylum seekers (not knowing any better and/or just following dim agenda) is not going to be a cake walk if it does happen.
The real fix for the asylum scam is to rewrite our asylum law. Congress has to do that.