Bad Democrat

My relatives came to the United States through Ellis Island in the 1890s, heading for a better life and better things and things. Back then, you would get a piece of paper with your information stating that you were a new American citizen and that would be it. I would love to arrive to New York never having been there before and that would be it: I would be a citizen of New York. I don’t think things work like that anymore (they do for some people, but it’s not the same) but, why do we have so many things that don’t work that way anymore? Why don’t we allow boats of people to arrive to America scheduled but it’s not an every day, every year thing. That would be nice, and it would feel better.