The ports must process a minimum of 1400 claims a day.

Get that? Even if the encounters hits 5,000 the border isn't really closed: they're just supposed to go to a port of entry.

I covered that some time back. But 1400 a day is much better than 6,000 a day, and the tightened asylum requirements will probably be partly reflected in the initial screening. So let's say of that 1400, 20% get through, or 280. 280 x 365 = 102,200, So that's the base - 102k asylees if the border is shut down all year. Sunset in three years.

This sunset looks different than other sunsets, say the assault weapons ban, doesn't it? Neither Dem nor Repub like the way it is now. If the bill is passed and it is working 3 years from now, it will be made permanent, or adjustments will be made to suit both parties.

One thing you have to get through your skull Dope, is that a representative democracy requires compromise. It isn't all about one party, it's about America.