So you expect him to defy the US Supreme Court?
The magic word is asylum.
In December the US Supreme court said anyone can claim asylum any time, anywhere, even if they enter ILLEGALLY. That is what caused this flood...the USSC backed up another court that made that ruling. Trump policy was that people who entered illegally could not claim asylum, the courts made them stop enforcing that.
https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/supreme-court-keeps-asylum-limits-on-hold
Cross the Rubicon
Read the law. It's law passed by Congress giving the POTUS the authority to unilaterally forbid immigrants/invaders entry into America.
8 U.S.C. s 1152(a)(1)
From the above: "Whenever the President finds that the entry of any aliens or of any class of aliens into the United States would be detrimental to the interests of the United States, he may by proclamation, and for such period as he shall deem necessary, suspend the entry of all aliens or any class of aliens as immigrants or nonimmigrants, or impose on the entry of aliens any restrictions he may deem to be appropriate."
Congress gave the President the power to forbid entry into the USA of any immigrant according to the above law.
He also has the power to order troops to the border, as he has done. He has already ordered troops to the border, but only in a impotent capacity. If he can order ten soldiers, he can order 10,000 soldiers. If he can order 10,000 soldiers, he can order them to be armed and have some teeth. He just has to do it.
The fed judge hacks have countermanded some things, but they cannot stop him from performing the above.
> 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.