Send them home.
They ain't our problem.
We are not the Global Nanny.
Elian Gonzalez was one such child - an illegal immigrant whose mother died trying to reach the US. IIRC, most FReepers felt he should have been allowed to stay in the US.
So, is it the numbers that are unacceptable or the principle?
These SA children are being used and abused by nefarious cartels and politicians in the US. There are too many children for this to have been a ‘spur of the moment’ action by a group of uneducated, fearful group.