What are the strengths and weaknesses of this argument?” Additionally, how has the criminalization of immigration contributed to the humanitarian crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border?

In chapter 7 of Gomberg-Muñoz’s book, she makes the argument that “the proportional expansion of the incarcerated population in the U.S. has to do with changes in criminal legislation that disproportionately affect racial minorities, and she hypothesizes that these policies are similar to those that have ‘illegalized’ immigrants. What are the strengths and weaknesses of this argument?” Additionally, how has the criminalization of immigration contributed to the humanitarian crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border? What should be done about it?