> there are some very large downsides to what you're suggesting
Do you have any data to back this up? I don't remember the issue under the Obama admin.
> No single position is without tradeoffs, hence the debate.
There's a difference between a debate and an Executive Order. Donald Trump isn't "debating" putting people in cages. He is putting people in cages. He, personally, changed policy to put people who otherwise would not have been in cages.
In fact, this policy was both so unpopular and legally tenuous that Trump was forced to roll much of it back due to intense pressure from, well, pretty much everyone else. Even the CBP said that the zero tolerance policy trump adopted was bad.
> It's a borderline ad hominem attack - my opponent is evil, therefore I can dismiss his concerns without ever really addressing them.
Yes well, if you don't want that, you shouldn't have Stephen Miller write your border policy.
Do you have any data to back this up? I don't remember the issue under the Obama admin.
> No single position is without tradeoffs, hence the debate.
There's a difference between a debate and an Executive Order. Donald Trump isn't "debating" putting people in cages. He is putting people in cages. He, personally, changed policy to put people who otherwise would not have been in cages.
In fact, this policy was both so unpopular and legally tenuous that Trump was forced to roll much of it back due to intense pressure from, well, pretty much everyone else. Even the CBP said that the zero tolerance policy trump adopted was bad.
> It's a borderline ad hominem attack - my opponent is evil, therefore I can dismiss his concerns without ever really addressing them.
Yes well, if you don't want that, you shouldn't have Stephen Miller write your border policy.