> “If he does that, they will know they can beat him down with pressure anytime he does something they don’t like. Things will go right back to large numbers of people taking advantage of catch and release bringing children illegally across the border on dangerous journeys, abusing the asylum laws, and more child trafficking.”
I agree. The President needs to hold fast.
On the other hand, the President is the consummate dealmaker. If he can get a concession from the democrats, he can put illegal aliens in detainment with their claimed children. Sessions has already stated he would like to test their DNA which can be done with minimal intrusion using buccal swabs. Any illegal lying about their relation to children would not be allowed to ‘reunite’.
Other concessions are possible such as votes for funding the Wall, making Mexico pay for it by taxing remittances or tariffs.
“Sessions has already stated he would like to test their DNA which can be done with minimal intrusion using buccal swabs. Any illegal lying about their relation to children would not be allowed to ‘reunite’.”
No, the DNA thing is not by itself an answer...look at what constitutes a “family” to the Left. They will say they are adopted, they are unofficial “guardians”, they are a Gay “family” with genes out of a test tube...and on and on. The Communist Left is waiting for this one, it just plays right into their “there are many kinds of family” crap that they are flooding our society with.