The other problem is that you're attaching this to Trump, as if he created the problem.
There were "kids in cages" under Obama. There are "kids in cages" under Biden. It's just that they chose to highlight it under Trump.
Even this Washington Post headline admits that:
The other part of this is that imagine you're one of the patrol agents. The trespassers say, "That's my kid." How do you know that it really is and it's not some coyote who smuggles lots of people in?
I, too, am just an average Joe, but I think if you make it really unpleasant to come here, and you know if you're caught you could be torn from your children, then you probably won't come here. And the problem is solved from that end.
Also, related, this is a great video for when you've got downtime between shows.
The (((US Media))) is very good at tugging at our heart strings in lieu of actually presenting nuanced facts.