If they are seeking asylum, they have a legal right to be here until their cases are decided. Sending them back into Mexico means they face risks like kidnapping, extortion, rape, trafficking and other abuses in a particularly violent and lawless area.
According to this report, 83% of immigrants attend their immigration court hearings, and those who fail to appear in court often did not receive notice or faced hardship in getting to court.
A new report released today by the American Immigration Council examines 11 years of government data on the rate at which immigrants appear for hearings in U.S. immigration court. The report, “Measuring In Absentia Removal in Immigration Court,” concludes that an overwhelming 83% of immigrants...
www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org
That sounds like enforcement.
Walls aren’t that effective for all parts of the border for a variety of reasons (private property rights, animal migration, geography, etc) and in many cases they seem to find ways over. It would be better to build physical barriers where appropriate and utilize high tech options for the rest.
I could go with that!