I think there are plenty of arrivals who don’t appreciate what it even means to seek “asylum.” And even if they appreciate it on a very high level they don’t understand what it means to be persecuted from effectively a state sponsored group based on status in a protected class. In reality most are simply seeking a better life for their family, which while admirable is not a basis for requesting legal status.
On the second, you could be right about processing affirmative asylum claims, but at least my understanding is that the courts don’t have much choice but to determine asylum claims for those detained at a port of entry. I could be wrong about that, though.
there's no "do you understand what it means to seek asylum?" test for the right to petition for asylum. any foreign national has the right to present their petition and have it considered.
as for the second, check into title 42.
Yeah like Spracs said I’m not going to read all that you monster.
On the first, you’re missing my point. She’s addressing an extremely large population in her remarks. The vast, vast majority of people in that population have no case for asylum, and as a group there is a zero percent chance of success.
The remarks aren’t misleading. Suggesting the people of Central America have a reasonable chance of legally entering or staying in the US without having started any kind of process in advance would be extremely misleading.