You're right our process needs work too. Our adopted daughter had to endure years of a hellish bereaucratic nightmare to finally gain her citizenship. Which is all the more reason I and others who have gone through it to say NO to illegal immigrantion and amnesty. Stand in line like the rest of us.
If I remember correctly whenever we came across illegal immigrants upon the high seas. Unless it was a weekend the Department of State usually didn't take long to order us to repatriate them. If however the immigrants made into the territorial seas or were feet dry. In those instances they were all detained and interogated /interviewed to determine their status, all were given the opportunity to state their case. But as I said before very few made past the interogation and were given a one way ticket back to thier homeland
My invitation to Skybird or anyone for that matter still stands. Just dont try sneaking over here or I'll have to git ma shootin' iron out.