Clearly, officials in some Central and South American countries are capitalizing on U.S. domestic policies to handle some of their own problems. The fact they get to embarrass President Donald Trump’s administration seems to be a bonus for some of them.

Rampant violence and poor economies in some nations south of our border have resulted in an influx of refugees attempting to get into the United States illegally. Many are under no direct physical threat. They simply want better lives for themselves and their families.

Who can blame them?

But simply throwing open our borders is not something Americans can tolerate. There has to be a process for those seeking to come here legally.

The situation is bad enough when U.S. officials must cope with illegal immigrants who get across our border on their own. But this year, some Central American governments have decided to give them a hand, by encouraging the would-be immigrants to come here in huge caravans of hundreds, even thousands, of people.