Why we need immigrants and immigration reform

A record 15 million people around the world this year entered America's green-card lottery, an immigration program that offers a quick path to legal, permanent U.S. residence for 50,000 people a year—selected purely by the luck of the draw.

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Recent winners already in the U.S. include cab drivers, professional athletes, Internet entrepreneurs and military personnel. "I would never have started a company that created value in the United States if I hadn't won the lottery," said Adam Gries, a 29-year-old Israeli who runs an Internet start-up in San Francisco. "I would be creating companies in Israel."

From The Wall Street Journal