Yes but this is the immigrant / refugee experience every step of the way.
Imprisoning and gassing them and demonizing those who CLEARLY qualify for asylum is barbaric, especially when this is EXACTLY the expected result of global warming, which the US caused. On top of economic and political destabilization, which the US caused.
Get ready for A LOT of this. It's not being done for citizenship btw, it is being done for survival.
Imagine crossing a dangerous toxic war torn wasteland just to be imprisoned and , surviving that, turned into a lifelong servant for slave wages (if lucky).
Who would choose this!
We did, upon voting for anti-science bigots like Trump. And war mongering Destructo capitalists like Bush & Cheney.
We owe the fn world a better America. If not, take down the statue of liberty, junk the exceptionalist freedom land propaganda and declare the place Planet of the American apes. Beat your chest and snort MAGA.