In reply to: The geography is daunting posted by ufl
"In 1996, President Bill Clinton signed into law the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act, which, among other things, created a six-month waiting period before asylum seekers could legally receive a work permit."
It was thought that this would deter people from seeking Asylum.
I'm sympathetic to her overall view. Basically every time we tighten the system you get a brief decrease in migration, then the migrants look around and decide that's not worse than their home conditions.