They won't keep 'em out and they won't send 'em back, regardless of what the law requires. That leaves only one other option:
U.S. immigration authorities plan to cut back on long-term detention for families with children who entered the country illegally while speeding up how they are processed at detention centers, the homeland security secretary said on Wednesday.
The flood of immigrants coming mostly from Central America and crossing the southern U.S. border has slowed from peaks last year, but is still high, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said in a statement.
"I have reached the conclusion that we must make substantial changes in our detention practices with respect to families with children," he said.
"In short, once a family has established eligibility for asylum or other relief under our laws, long-term detention is an inefficient use of our resources and should be discontinued," he added.
And just in time for Border Crisis II. Almost as if it were right on schedule.
Exit question: What "laws" would those be, Jeh?
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