>I think this should be dealt with nationally, and all states should be required to take in a share of migrants until the federal government addresses the issue at the border.
Well that thinking and some shit in your hand will get you a dirty hand.
Make NO MISTAKE, Republicans are NOT interested in a sensible policy - they want a locked border, mass detention, and mass expulsion and are willing to rip babies away and KNOWINGLY put them in a system that can not track where the babies are.
Republicans in government now are MONSTERS and only if the Democrats regain the house, the senate and the presidency will any of this be addressed. (And likely not solved because the Democrats will fear that if anything goes wrong then they'll be blamed and lose the next election.)
>And by fixing it at the border, I think the real solution should be doing what we can to shore up our Latin neighbors so they aren't trying to flee and come here via the border.
Talk to any of your friends about foreign aid and see what they say - it's a sensbile policy that can never be implemented again.