"But how does that tie their hands? Besides tying up whatever they wanted to do in federal court?"

Seriously???

You are like a person standing out in the pouring rain with no hat, no umbrella, no coat. Nothing to protect you from the rain and keep you dry. So you are standing there and someone comes by and offers you a light jacket that you can hold over your head to keep you from getting wet. You tell them no because the jacket will only protect your head and your legs and torso will still get wet. So he keeps the jacket and moves on and you continue to stand out in the pouring rain getting your legs, torso, and head wet.

Right now, by law, the U.S. cannot stop or pause people from making asylum claims at the U.S. border. You think a proposed law that has a mechanism that can actually be used to pause asylum claims is somehow tying someone's hands because it can be tied up in court. This is somehow worse than not being able to pause or stop people from making asylum claims at all.

You are right. Using the jacket to cover your head in the rain won't protect your legs and torso. It is much better to just stand there in the rain without the jacket and get your legs and torso wet anyway.

It is amazing how Trump's cult is being taken advantage of. They were given a gift and they refused it because they are too stupid.