To solve the U.S. 'crisis at the border,' look to its cause

"Current law enables asylum seekers arriving without immigration documents to have a credible fear hearing and be released from detention pending their court dates," writes LBJ Professor Ruth Wasem. "Those who establish that they have well-founded fear of returning home would be permitted to stay in the United States and those who do not would be deported. If DHS implemented our asylum laws to the fullest effect, it would increase the likelihood that migrants understood our laws."

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