David Bier for the Cato Institute: Immigrants from India waiting to receive residency in the United States may die before they receive their green cards.

The line is disproportionately long for Indians because the law discriminates against immigrants from populous countries, skewing the immigration flow to the benefit of immigrants from countries with fewer people. This policy, a compromise that resolved a long-dead immigration dispute, is senseless and economically damaging.

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