Most Americans don't realize legal immigration is essentially impossible

Until I did some research after watching this movie, I didn't know about all the laws that restrict immigration so severely. I think 99-plus percent of Americans think that immigration today is like Ellis Island in 1890 and that anyone who bypasses the legal method must be up to something shady. They don't realize how impossible it is now to move here due to all the restrictions that place numerical limits on the number of immigrants.

Please look into this for yourself using the two summaries below. While reading through these, just ask yourself, "if I lived elsewhere and wanted to move to the US--and wasn't rich, famous, or already a professional with rare skills--how exactly would I do it while complying with all the restrictions?"

http://reason.com/assets/db/immigration-flow-chart.jpg
http://www.immigrationpolicy.org/just-facts/how-united-states-immigration-system-works-fact-sheet

The most concise argument I've found against such restrictions is this article:
https://www.theobjectivestandard.com/issues/2008-spring/immigration-individual-rights/

"No one's rights are violated by an employer hiring an employee. No one's rights are violated by a landlord leasing an apartment."