In Europe, we have the Schengen area and the Dublin III treaty with so-called “sichere Drittländer” (safe third-party countries). That’s why Italy, Spain and Greece are in such big trouble and why Erdogan became that powerful. Trump is following that path, I think…
Reality update: ‘Shoot them in the legs’: Trump reportedly floated ‘extreme’ measures to stop migrants | US news | The Guardian … :
“The supreme court also ruled to allow the Trump administration deny asylum to anyone who passes through another country on their way to the US, blocking most Central American migrants fleeing violence and poverty who arrive at the southern border. In a dissenting opinion, justices Ruth Bader Ginsberg and Sonia Sotomayor said that the policy “affects some of the most vulnerable people in the western hemisphere”.“