Deporting migrants

The controversy surrounding the migrant problem is not new. Here are remarks from previous presidents. Bush 43 This Nation is a nation of laws. And we're going to enforce our laws. That's what the American people expect. Bill Clinton The solution is to welcome legal immigrants and legal, legitimate refugees and to turn away those who do not obey the laws. We must say no to illegal immigration so we can continue to say yes to legal immigration. Obama Undocumented workers broke our immigration laws, and I believe that they must be held accountable He then proceeded to deport 3 million most of whom never were adjudicated. Most people understood that no effective border laws would work until the border was secured. Now that has happened and if politics were not in the way, the plan would be to deport those who are criminals, then the 1.2 million who have been judged not to be eligible for asylum. Those that remain could then be evaluated and a road to citizenship developed. Local governments often times have criminals already incarcerated and could turn these over to ICE but instead they release them into the general population, which causes non criminals to be rounded up. Most people are aware that the path to citizenship could not be developed until the border was secure. Now that has happened and many do not want these migrants deported. This is a change from the days of Bush.