Hold on. Placing razor wire on the border isn’t punishment. At least not in the conventional sense of the word. And deportation isn’t technically allowed without a hearing. Even detaining people on suspicion of illegal entry, they have to have a hearing within 48 hrs.
I was following you until this point.
P.S. the Biden administration promulgated rules effective this March which generally create a presumption of ineligibility for asylum for anybody crossing through Mexico. CFR 208.33, Reuters story.
~Max