That certainly is a risk, a genuine risk that needs to be mitigated. I am not disputing that at all.

On the other hand, the criminals that are preying on our country, the fentanyl, the human trafficking, the enrichment of the cartels are themselves massive problems. In short, as far as I am concerned it is a judgement call, and that is what we elect presidents to decide.

As noted above, deporting people to Columbia is nothing new. There's no reason why these deportations couldn't have been done without the drama of treating the deportees this way.

Trump appears to believe that the U.S. is the only superpower, and that we haven't been acting like it enough. He doesn't appear to believe that any of the actual trade-offs and constraints that prior Presidents have recognized (both GOP and Democrat) are as significant as his predecessors believed, so he appears intent on ignoring them. I think that's both short-sighted and foolish.

Lets not forget all the videos of streams of young, fit, single, Chinese men that poured into our country through our porous border. What are they up to?

Almost certainly the same thing that most immigrants that are videotaped crossing the border are doing - applying for asylum and trying to work while they wait for a decision.