I get where you're coming from, though I can't help but disagree with it. Why does it necessarily need to be hard for people to immigrate to ensure that they a

I get where you're coming from, though I can't help but disagree with it. Why does it necessarily need to be hard for people to immigrate to ensure that they are people that you want in your country? Couldn't quality be enforced or even cared about by the people that are hiring them? I should think the act of immigrating alone presents enough challenges to 'thin out' the people who don't 'want it enough'. I think we're more likely to end up with higher quality immigrants if we provide higher quality opportunity in our countries rather than making it a ridiculous game of hoop jumping to immigrate. In fact, "lying, twisting the rules, or hiding in container ships or swimming rivers in the dark of night" sounds like it's more likely to instill contempt for the rules of the country before they're even citizen's rather than ensure their entrepreneurial spirit. Edited to space out paragraphs.