From what I read they applied for asylum quickly upon arriving in the US as tourists while their tourist visa was still active. Arrived in August 2023, I think, and applied for asylum the following month. Obtaining asylum is currently a 5 year process due to insufficient processing so he was in limbo. What I actually wrote however is that snatching up the family to punish them seems like some medieval shit. That's not a legal judgment. It seems like retribution on the wrong parties, punishing the murderer by harming his family, and also closing the barn door after the horses have left. In other words, it seems like political bullshit that does nothing.
For example it seems hypocritical/sketchy/fuckedup, to say the least, for the US to allow into the US 8 members of the family of El Chapo (3 weeks ago) and then snatch up someone else's little kids.
Incidentally the US is required by law to offer asylum.
I'm no immigration lawyer and neither are you. The difference is for some reason you're not holding back on offering your personal legal judgments when you have no idea what you're talking about.