There are 2 choices under the law for asylum claims. Either let them go within the country until their court date (hoping they show up) or detain them. The for

There are 2 choices under the law for asylum claims. Either let them go within the country until their court date (hoping they show up) or detain them. The former did not work and was infamous as the "catch and release" policy. Detainment could work in principal but the overflow of the system has caused long wait times, overcrowded facilities and not enough staff to handle the cases. If you suddenly switched back to catch and release we would most likely have a greater influx of people coming in who have no valid claim to asylum and would not show up to their court date. It's a shitty problem all around. And pretending that an overcrowded detention system is a concentration camp is disingenuous at best. If that was the case then California's prison system has been a network of concentration camps for years as they have dealt with constant overcrowding and problems.