The immigration routes to the United States that have nothing to do with personal merit (family reunification, green card lottery) have hard per-country caps. T

The immigration routes to the United States that have nothing to do with personal merit (family reunification, green card lottery) have hard per-country caps. Thanks to India's huge population, a greater percentage of their immigrants have to come from more merit-based routes, like the H-1B visa or the F-1 visa for students. I suspect that's why Indian immigrants are doing better as a group. The whole article is a strong argument for moving the United States' immigration policy in a more merit-based direction, like Canada's or Australia's. Skilled, deliberately-selected immigrants are great, but giving out permanent residence to the winners of a lottery is ridiculous.