The United States immigration system is a quandary of forms, bureaucratic pitfalls, and redundant functions; yet, every year it successfully admits over a million legal immigrants. To function properly and efficiently, the policies that motivate bureaucratic behaviors must be commonsensical and adjusted competently and carefully under the guise of wisdom and restraint, as the credibility of the U.S. immigration policy—and its ability to balance openness with order—depends on it.