Dems don't want illegals either; that's why they get registered and go into the system pending immigration court rulings on their case. THOSE ARE LEGAL IMMIGRANTS AT THAT POINT. America accepts people at its borders seeking asylum/refuge from whatever they are trying to escape. Protected by OUR laws. And they get a hearing to determine their qualifications and status as legal or rather they are to be deported back to their country of origin or dumped in Mexico.
So let everybody in and sort them out later? Does that seem like a reasonable approach? Should anybody be expected to have some kind of documentation as to where they're from, or just a story that they don't feel safe is enough? At what point is it not enough?
2.4 million have crossed the border this year. At what point is there a problem? 5 million? 20 million?
Nope. A reasonable approach would be to assign these cases to every qualified judge in the country and have them processed via something like zoom AS THEY ARRIVE. But that would require a little computer infrastructure and some investment in our immigration policy. GOPers block any kind of spending at the border that's not a wall or rapid deportation program. You are being lied to. Letting them in and turning them loose into the country for a court date months, if not years, away is nuts. But it is also the law and long-held tradition of the country to accept immigrants seeking asylum. It's 100% legal and the right thing to do. But our current system is stupid af.
If we spread the workload and maybe set aside a couple of hours a day to do it, the backlog would clear in no time, and the next thousand-person caravan wouldn't be an issue. I also think an international ID database would be super useful for the screening process. Would be great to take a print and see their criminal history instantly. That will never happen in today's world but it would be something worth working toward making happen.
