Beto said he would tear down the wall. The debaters all said as much...crossing the border illegally would not be a "crime".....
FYI
It was a Civil Offense before 2007, which is not a Criminal Offense... it was not a crime, though still illegal. It became a crime, a misdemeanor, after Immigration reform passed.
Our problems right now is with all of these Asylum Seekers from Central America, not illegal Mexicans...
We need to figure out how to help keep these people in their own Countries, instead of selling everything that they own to make the long ass, excruciating trip here, only to be denied refugee status 95% of the time when they finally make it to immigration court, separating their kids from them, and keeping these kids, at $780 a day for each one of them, at the tax payers expense, in one facility alone housing 700 children and only 4 showers, with no soap or toothpaste/ tooth brushes....
Being CRUEL is not the answer to stopping this flow...
I think one of the solutions would be to allow the Border entry points to process them instead of essentially shutting them down to refugees and forcing them to cross outside of the border, overwhelming Border Patrol Agents,
And stack the courts from here to high heaven with Immigration Judges, so anyone that is seeking asylum has his or her court date within 2 to 3 weeks, keeping them together with their kids in detention until that court date, and using the $780 a day, per child that is separated, using that money to pay for all the courts and judges to handle the over flow.
What is happening now, is a 6 month to a year wait for their court hearing... they are having to be released, and then do not show up for their Court hearings in a lot of cases.
this makes their whole arduous trip worth it to them.... that chance.
If we stacked the courts with immigration judges and their cases were heard in 1 to 3 weeks, and then turned around and sent home immediately afterwards when they fail to meet refugee status in Court.... the flow here, will end up dwindling, because the 95% chance of denial, is real, and quick, with no chance to slip under the radar!