If the kids are free to leave at any time, then why should we believe that keeping them penned is necessary? If they are such a non-issue that they can walk out the front gate whenever they wish, why not just stick them with relatives or friends in the US while their parents plead their case for asylum?

The answer, of course, is if they’re not kept in cages…then the GOP’s buddies in the private prison industry can’t make a fortune “housing” them.