As for the opinion piece you posted, this was a little different....there were a ton of unaccompanied minors in this instance, and they had to put them somewhere. At least Obama's DHS was willing to release them to family as they awaited a court decision....Trump on the other hand, has been locking up those that go pick up the kids.
I don't have any problem with that. If you send an illegal alien to pick up the kids, well you get what you'd expect.
This is because I - like many Americans - see 11mm illegal aliens in the country as a problem. We don't consider this a manufactured crisis.