The answer to this increasingly wedgey topic is simpler than you may believe. The answer to the problem of the influx of asylum seekers at the US border is to legalize all drugs, and end our punitive, prohibitionist policies that we've forced Mexico and Central America to adopt as part of our failed "War on drugs". We can directly link the violence these asylum seekers are fleeing to the war on drugs, and thus to the actions of the United States. SOURCES: The work of Ioan Grillo, Narco Journalist: http://www.ioangrillo.com/ Chasing the Scream by Johann Hari: chasingthescream.com Yes, U.S. locks people up at a higher rate than any other country (Washington Post): https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2015/07/07/yes-u-s-locks-people-up-at-a-higher-rate-than-any-other-country/?utm_term=.7a000ca656dc Amnesty International on the US border situation: https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/research/2018/10/usa-treatment-of-asylum-seekers-southern-border/