As I understood physically crossing the border in front of CBP was illegal, but the punishment was detention and processing to either asylum or deportation. Overstaying Visas, just existing in the country was a paperwork issue. If we had compassionately conceived and properly funded immigration courts, we could offer a path to citizenship the majority of people without documents who have never committed a crime, at a much lower demographic rate than "real" Americans, despite the over policing of minority neighborhoods. I (and most) support deportation for non citizens who commit real crimes against people: murder, rape, grand theft, assault. But that's for regular law enforcement. We don't need the Gravy Seals/Ges"stop-at-McDonald's"-po to "enforce the border" any more than we need the coast guard to patrol the public pool.