Even blind squirrels find a nut, sometimes.

Odysseus and I frequently discuss how we'd solve the illegal immigration problem.  He and I have come to the conclusion that we need to first, build a wall with one path through in each border state, then we need to replicate Ellis Island's facilities in the gaps.  After that's been accomplished, we detain everyone trying to cross for long enough to make sure that

1. They are who they say they are...

2. They don't have any communicable diseases...

3. They aren't criminals...

Then we stamp their papers, shake their hands, and tell them they are now American citizens (but not eligible for government assistance, other than help finding a place to live, for at least ten years).

Mayor Michael Bloomberg, of "None of you can make good health decisions for yourselves, so we in NYC will ban table salt at restaurants and sugary drinks larger than 16 oz" fame actually had a good idea that dovetailed right into that:  he wants to ship illegal immigrant families to inner city war zones, with the proviso that if they last seven years (and improve the cities by demanding better education than the rest of the inhabitants have accepted, and start new businesses), they get citizenship. 

Except, most families wouldn't move to such places on a bet, and immigrant families are even more family focused--meaning, there is no way they'd be willing to put their children in that kind of danger. 
Otherwise, it's not a bad change to Odysseus's ideas.