No one here is suggesting we open our borders. The caravan is not a threat and it isn't even arriving anytime soon. There is no need to have troops deployed there living in tents without electricity or hot water. All it is doing is wasting $ and making the troops miserable. The Border Patrol can handle it. If they needed help, they could call in the National Guard.
But, notice how the bluster about the supposed invasion died down after the election? That's because the only point of sending the military & making a big deal out of it was to scare people in to voting. I am glad more people actually voted regardless of the outcome, but I don't approve of fearmongering.
Also, crossing the border is not inherently illegal. It's the purpose of crossing the border that determines that. If someone crosses with the intention of sneaking in and staying illegally, then it is illegal. If someone crosses to file asylum, it is not illegal. People having to cross the border to file for asylum isn't exactly a great rule, but that is the system.
We do need some immigration reform. There is a bottleneck of agencies having to report back to DC before they can get things done-- they eliminated a bunch of supervisory positions at local levels which makes things less efficient. But, that doesn't mean the Border Patrol can't handle a supposed caravan of immigrants.
There are over 100 Kurds that came in as refugees on Guam and the INS handled it. There were boatloads of at least 50 Chinese illegal immigrants in one pop that came in. And Guam had a small INS office. If INS on Guam could handle that, then the Border Patrol can handle these refugees.
The SNL video was funny.