Trump on undocumented immigrants: 'These aren't people. These are animals.'

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(06-12-2018, 12:50 PM)fredtoast Wrote: Of course you would think that.  Just like everyone lese in your echo chamber.  But "seeking asylum" is not illegal.

When an immigrant turns himself in seeking asylum they are to be processed for an interview with an asylum officer, not separated from their family and thrown in jail.

OK how does this work in the US? Here, a foreign national (without proper documentation, a visa or such) crossing the border still commits an illegal act. When it's an asylum seeker, we do follow a process that's pretty much as you described it, but the border crossing still is illegal.
Thing is, they have hardly a "legal" way to enter, so it's more or less a necessity to do it illegally. Which makes little sense, but that's how we roll.

That the US forcefully separates families sonds pretty grim to me too. We don't do that, and we're not too gentle.