I think we can all agree (can't we?) that we can do better here keeping family together thru the process? This does nothing to keep drug runners, terrorists and criminals with true intent from crossing. These are people looking for better life for themselves & their kids.
First of all, you have no idea who is border jumping. Certainly not people who think they have a valid legal claim to enter. Allowing anyone with a kid in tow to enter and waltz away free is a recipe for disaster. Only liberals seem unable to understand that. It would encourage child smuggling on a vast scale. There is already a booming business in recycling kids back and forth across the border. Is that what all you compassionate liberals want?
Second, I don't doubt they are looking for a better life for themselves. So are drug smugglers. I am more concerned about the lives of actual Americans, you know the ones who are scraping by on minimum wage and keep getting undercut by off the books immigrant workers, or the ones getting killed by illegals driving drunk or raping or shooting people. It's ironic how little compassion the open borders crowd has for them. I guess they used up all their compassion on illegal border jumpers.