Can't send them back because that would mean processing asylum claims, and that can't be done without acknowledging that the majority of them are valid. Better

Can't send them back because that would mean processing asylum claims, and that can't be done without acknowledging that the majority of them are valid. Better to keep people in a legal limbo in ever-worsening conditions so voters can lie to themselves that "deterrence" is somehow valid, and that all we need to do is punch down harder.