It's like...what do people not get about illegal aliens? They came in illegally rather than through the proper channels, "seeking asylum" be damned.
Seeking Asylum is a different thing from regular illegal crossings. because in order to seek asylum you are required to enter illegally first, because most countries won't let you request asylum until you are already within the borders. So if someone is escaping persecution of some kind they have to cross a border illegally in order to even request the help that they need.
It's technically against the law, but its one of those situations where nobody actually has a problem with it unless for some deeper (usually xenophobic) reasoning thats unrelated to the actual issue at hand.
In order to declare asylum, you need to be within the US borders. It can be once you arrive, to compensate that you may be entering the country illegally (To avoid prosecution - "Affirmative Asylum"), or it can be done as a defence against deportation or removal - "defensive asylum processing"
@BalisticWarri0r isn't even going to respond or read the link.
Alls I asked for was a citation and he gave it. But you can act like anyone who asks for a citation is a troll.