One solution to that is to have semi-open borders. Let almost anyone cross legally, without having to go through the burdensome routes we have now. When you go &quot;crossing light,&quot; you&#x27;re just &quot;here&quot; without any official ties or rights other than normal constitutional rights extended to anyone in the country.<p>This would be essentially the same group of people who are here illegally, and they&#x27;re going to come anyway; the difference is that we&#x27;d know they&#x27;re here, they have no disincentive to go back (because they can safely cross again), and they didn&#x27;t risk their lives and fund coyotes and other predator criminals.<p>We&#x27;d still have people here illegally, because some won&#x27;t qualify even for crossing light, and some come here expressly for criminal purposes. But this seems like an improvement.