Whose Anchor Baby?

It’s often said of certain, common immigrant groups that many of them establish a foothold in the U.S. simply by giving birth to a child on our soil.  What is there to be said of the practice? 
Personally, I think immigration laws are too strict which artificially inflates the incentives for both illegal immigration, and the exploitation of illegal immigrants as a labor force.  In turn, this harms the total economic picture for the States.  However, I think a soul born on our soil, regardless of from whom it came, is ours.  The filthy truth of the “anchor baby” debate is in simple racism.
I have grandiose ideas about how fair hiring practices would improve our economic situation on the whole, but those will be saved for another day.  If you can’t already tell, I have a fairly liberal view about what immigration means.  This is no product of my own family—but perhaps somewhat owed to a rather conflicted religious upbringing.  Whatever the cause, I stand firm in my opinion that when we close our doors to rich opportunity, we stand to suffer more than we might otherwise risk by letting “the wrong ones” in.
At any rate, the following thought hopped into my head, mere moments ago:

Any foreign family willing to adopt an American orphan, should be allowed to do so with full immigration rights.

Why?  Well, the waiting list for adoption can’t be any worse than the one for traditional, legal immigration.  Secondly, the background check and screening process should be more thorough—and if it isn’t, then I would consider that a precursor.  But lastly, and more importantly, because these children are our problem already and we’re less concerned about them than we are about illegal immigration.  Seriously.  When did our priorities get so fucked?
Immigration is its own incentive, but if this provides a legitimate, alternate route, I think it’s a win-win for everybody involved.  The simple thought alone isn’t the whole answer, but should serve as the foundation for some fundamentally introspective dialog regarding the true purpose and utility of our unabashed nationalism and pride.
Let’s start addressing both problems by matching immigrants with the anchors of our choosing.  This won’t eliminate the original “problem”, but then again, I never saw it as a problem in the first place.  The blame is not theirs; it is ours for not seizing an opportunity to do something truly great with the demand to become an American, rather than raise ourselves upon spires and cast our nostrils to the heavens (as if we live among them).