The Politics of Immigration Reform

I think the logic of deterrence is so compelling right it's so seductive. The argument will always be that true deterrence has never been tried because we have like legal commitments humanitarian commitments things that put a pretty solid floor on what you can do. It also just seems somewhat naive or far fetched to think that messaging from the US federal government officials at the DHS or wherever else is going to reach the people most likely to seek asylum in a space. If we keep insisting that the problem gets solved tomorrow we're creating a situation where the problem won't be solved a decade later.