It is good that the Franciscans are granting sanctuary, but applying for asylum should happen when you enter, not when they are throwing you out. Only amnesty will help them and that won’t happen with this administration. Still, any undocumented migrant should have a fast track to a student visa and legalization if they went to an American high school (then H-1B, then a Green Card with admission of family members).

Will the optics of Trump with the Russians affect his supporters? I doubt it. If Joe McCarthy came back and held hearings on Russian sympathizers in the White House, they would not care. Then again, no one will be asking for their opinion should Muller release a report pointing the finger at Trump.