Originally Posted by Rochard

The Trump administration has utterly ridiculous. The system was working before without issue, and no one complained. They came in and changed the policy with the only intention of being jerks about it (holding someone in jail for weeks at tax payer expense only to sentence them to time served and a $10 fine). Then they blamed this on some old law which was completely false, and claimed they couldn't do anything about it without Congress passing a new law which was also false.

I said this before on GFY multiple times - we need to get them out of the country as quickly and economically as possible. This is just common sense.

This is simple. If someone is caught and suspected of being here illegally, they need to prove it or be arrested and detained. Then they have two options:
1) Admit they are here illegally, and quickly be deported to their home country. In the event they return to the United States it is now treated as a felony with mandatory jail time, minimum of one year (or longer).
2) If they refuse to admit they are here illegally, or believe there are special circumstances, they have the right to request a hearing with a judge. In this case, children would remain with their parents while in detention. Due to the Reno vs Flores Supreme Court decision, children would not be detained and would be sent back to their originating country and turned over to relatives there. Either way, in the event they are deported, it's a $1k fine.

As for the asylum bullshit... I'm sorry, but saying you are "not safe" in your home country because of gangs is not a proper reason for asylum. If this is the case, then everyone in half the countries in South America have the grounds for asylum which would never work.