JustSecurity is a prime source for factual info related to National
   Security.
   Here. Have a recent article about how the US ended up with kiddie
   koncentration kamps and why ICE is violating international law that
   protects refugees and asylum seekers in quite a few ways. You might
   actually learn something other than how to reactionary-ly fill a post
   with links.
   "Since the first Democratic presidential debates at the end of June,
   candidates, pundits and former government officials have discussed
   whether provisions of law that turn unauthorized border crossing into
   the federal crime of âimproper entryâ â in addition to a civil
   immigration law violation â should be repealed.
   The chair of the Republican National Committee characterized the
   proposal as a call for open borders. Some Obama administration
   officials have also argued against such proposals. Juliette Kayyem, a
   Department of Homeland Security (DHS) official during the Obama
   administration, asserted that Section 1325 was needed to protect
   borders and deport people. Sarah Saldaña, director of Immigration and
   Customs Enforcement (ICE) during the Obama administration, urged the
   law should stay on the books as a âtoolâ in the âtool box.â Former DHS
   Secretary Jeh Johnson argued that decriminalizing unauthorized entry
   was tantamount to a declaration that our borders are open.
   Much of the debate has unfortunately failed to make clear that, even
   without these criminal laws on the books, the border would still be
   guarded by Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) agents, drones, fencing and
   (some) wall, and people who cross the border without authorization
   would still be subject to the administrative system Congress created to
   address violations of U.S. immigration law.
   For example, they would still be taken into Border Patrol custody, put
   into the administrative deportation systemâs proceedings, deported if
   they are not ruled eligible for asylum or other relief, and in the
   meantime held â often unnecessarily â in ICE detention facilities for
   weeks, months or longer.
   Other laws would still criminalize smuggling, trafficking and a wide
   range of other criminal conduct should a person who crossed the border
   have committed such crimes.
   Also absent from much of the debate has been information on how laws
   that criminalize entry and reentry actually work in practice and how
   they have been used to punish asylum seekers and migrants in violation
   of due process and U.S. refugee treaty prohibitions â long before the
   Trump administrationâs zero tolerance/family separation fiasco, and
   continuing to this day..."
   [1]https://www.justsecurity.org/64963/criminal-prosecutions-and-illegal
   -entry-a-deeper-dive/
   -- Rr
   Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.

References

   1. https://www.justsecurity.org/64963/criminal-prosecutions-and-illegal-entry-a-deeper-dive/