Closing our borders is just a symptom; closing our hearts is the disease.

What very specific border security strategy would you propose?

Exactly what we have been doing, with legitimate issues like chain migration, lottery system & other reasonable topics addressed in bipartisan manner. This is a made-up crisis. We’re not being attacked or invaded by hordes of criminals. Seeking asylum is a statutory right.

Europe's situation is different than ours.

We have, or at least did have until recently, a tradition of assimilation. Our country was built on and by immigrants who felt allegiance to the US.That's who the vast majority of our ancestors were. In a country without those traditions, the situation can indeed become troubling