What should our border/migrant stance be?

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23. We need a vastly streamlined path to citizenship

We need thousands of extra immigration judges.

We need to speed up the process so that an immigrant can see a judge and either be approved or rejected for legal status in a few months, not years. And a streamlined process to get full citizenship in a couple of years, not a decade.

We need to apply that to current illegal immigrants in the US as well, with a guarantee of no penalty for coming here illegally if you apply. Basically Reagan's amnesty program for the 21st century.

On the flip side, we can't do this without more control of the border, which means we likely need thousands of additional border agents on patrol, as well as a drone network to supplement "boots on the ground". That may not be super popular, as it resembles militarizing the US border

We also need foreign policies that promote stability and climate resilience in Central and South America, because that could encourage people to stay in their home nations instead.