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Not my favorite answer of his, I give him an 8.

In case the Senators team is lurking...
First Priority is to secure the border (he got that part right).
Second Priority is to return violent felons to their homelands. Call them category A.
Third Priority is to return other felons. Call them category B.
Fourth Priority is to deal with illegals who are not actively employed or otherwise contributing who’s only crime is illegal entry. Cat C.
Fifth Priority is illegals who positively contribute, but are still, in the end, here illegally. Cat D.

There should be no path to residence for Cat A and B, and their home nations should be made responsible for either accepting their return or having the cost of their continued incarceration deducted from their foreign aid.

Cat C people will be at risk of return . That is their incentive to contribute and move into Cat D.

Cat D illegal immigrants are where there is room to have a decent discussion. People who work hard, follow local laws, pay taxes, and therefore contribute to society. There should in no case be any advantage of either finance or time to those who entered without following the law.

It should be noted that these are priorities, not sequential steps. We are a versatile nation, we can handle doing several things at once. But a significantly greater portion of time, effort, and funds should be applied to the higher priorities.

Also, it should be noted that none of these priorities are specific to any ethnic, religious, or national group. Application of policy may differ simply because different home nations will react differently. I imagine that Australia or Japan would handle the return of a felon differently than would Costa Rica which would be different than Egypt.

Some might resist, and those resisting could simply get an invoice detailing how we are deducting our direct costs from their quarterly foreign aid payments. Place a burden on these governments and make them financially incentivized to uphold their end of the program.