What should our border/migrant stance be?

[meadowlander]

86. If we agree that the problem is the perception of immigrants taking desirable jobs from US citizens,

then the solutions need to speak to that.

So I'd suggest:
- take the money we were going to waste on a border wall and spend it on foreign aid, overseas economic development and diplomacy so people can stay and thrive in their own homes like most of them probably would prefer to
- accept legitimate asylum seekers and refugees, treat them with dignity while their case is processed expeditiously, and give them a pathway to citizenship
- invest more in education and training for US citizens so that US workers are more competitive and create incentives for growth of new economy jobs
- crack down on employers paying exploitation wages to immigrants or work visa holders instead of hiring US citizens. Require pay transparency so it's easier to document employers doing this. Crack down on employers hiring undocumented workers and shirking on paying taxes.
- anyone born in the US is a US citizen. Anyone transported to the US as a minor who is attending college or doing military service, etc has a pathway to citizenship. Parents of a US citizen who are not US citizens can stay and work in the US until their children are no longer minors and in the meantime can try to gain citizenship via other criteria (employment, etc.)
- provide work visas for jobs that Americans don't want to do but only if the employer can show that they couldn't hire anyone when they offered a living wage
- anyone who earns a masters or PhD at a US university can stay and work for two years. If they can find full time employment, they can get a green card
- have an essential skills list and offer a priority pathway to citizenship for migrants with the education/experience to do those jobs
- immediate family of citizens have a pathway to citizenship
- a category for significant investors (e.g. you invest at least $5 million in a business that will employee at least 40 people) and people with outstanding skills in their fields like writers, professional athletes, and artists who earn enough to prove they are self-supporting
- everyone else goes on a lottery/quota system which is blind to country of origin and other circumstances but with quotas pegged to demand/economic growth.

If you're otherwise here illegally, tough luck, you get deported.