If they wanted a better life they could have accepted previous offers of asylum or tried to immigrate legally like everyone else.

Did you do this yourself? Or are you just riding the coattails of one of your predecessors while denying the same basic human rights to others because fuck everyone else, you got yours?

Would you be this forgiving of a civilian who takes their kids with them to commit crimes all in the name of making a better life for their families?

Yes, I would. I do not think that if a man broke into a supermarket to feed his family that his family and him should be tear-gassed.

What if some guy brought his son with him when he tried to hold up a convenience store or when he tried to break into someone's house?

Did these people point guns and knives at the people guarding the border? Because if not, you and I both know that you are purposefully skewing the argument in a way that changes the very nature of our disagreement. What I am saying is that this disgusting woman seems genuinely pleased that women and children were tear gassed while committing non-violent acts while trying to help their families survive, and you are saying that this is comparable to these families going into stores armed with weapons and forcing the people inside to give them resources under the threat of losing their lives. The disconnect here is unreal.