"The Case for Open Borders": Get in line

Clipart of people waiting in line. Image source.

Here's another quote from the book "The Case for Open Borders". From pages 153-154:

Another easy step is to keep unauthorized-entry statutes in place, but to allow all immigration through ports of entry. This might be the most broadly palatable of open-border visions, as migrants would still have to present at official ports of entry, submit documentation, and register before they were granted entry-- but all would be granted entry. People who tried to gain access between ports of entry could be turned around or sent back to come through an official port of entry. Once they arrive, a nonenforcement agency, such as USCIS, would be charged with getting their paperwork in order, but nobody would be forced to live off the books or under the threat of banishment. With such a system, the anti-immigrant quip to "get in line" would actually make sense. (Currently, for most people, except the well heeled and well connected, there is no line.) This approach would target the manner in which people come, not the people themselves.