Imagine the reaction if the flow was from Canada to the US!  We're already continuously and wrongly blamed for allowing the 911 perpetrators onto North American soil.  First we should not allow claimants coming from the US, no matter if they arrive legally or illegally, refugee status.  If you came from the US you should be held to their standards.  You may not like them, but they are a first world safe country.  Albeit they do seem to have a whack a doodle holding the reins of power.  He was democratically elected, and the checks and balances are available should congress decide they have the brains and or willpower to act on them.