Write a paper exoplaining how do recent Obama and Trump administrative policies misunderstand how best to respond to flows of asylum seekers?

Individual decisions about whether or not to immigrate to the United States are a result of both structure and agency. In other words, they are individual decisions (agency) but they are also determined in the context of current legal and administrative structures. With this in mind, how do recent Obama and Trump administrative policies misunderstand how best to respond to flows of asylum seekers?