No OL - I understand what you are talking about but this policy takes it to new levels of cruelty. Jess Sessions announced it as new policy.
It is despicable if that is what they plan to do, but at the same time, the illegal immigrants coming here ARE taking advantage of asylum rules and flooding our system with way too many requests to handle. This has been going on for a long time and is why for practical purposes we HAVE to have a "catch and release" policy. Probably the administration doesn't want to build a bunch of family detention centers to house these folks, and with their new push to detain those who have been caught sneaking in, they are flat out of room. I'm guessing that's part of it.
Maybe we should no longer entertain asylum requests from those entering the country illegally? If you sneak in, you don't get the right to request asylum. Would that be too harsh? Couldn't people seeking asylum do it in the legal manner?