Serious proposal: we should accept around 3 million refugees over the next five years, giving preference to persecuted Christians, Kurds, and members of the middle class, and resettle at least 500,000 in Detroit, where there is cheap housing and a large Levantine population. Other economically deprived regions would also be targeted for refugee inflow. They benefit, we benefit.
For personal political purposes, this would ideally be carried out by a Republican administration, but I acknowledge that's not happening unless Donald Trump suddenly developed a fondness for the idea.
Trump has actually endorsed the U.S. taking in some Syrian refugees:
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-34192834
