Editor's Note: With discussion about immigration reform heating up—and renewed interest in this feature from our October 2008 issue across the web and on cable news shows (The Washington Post's Wonkblog and MSNBC's Rachel Madow name-checked it yesterday), Reason is happy to republish this quick, infuriating explanation of just how dysfunctional and punishing the legal immigration system is.

From our October [2008] issue, Mike Flynn, Shikha Dalmia, and Terry Colon show what it takes to legally immigrate to America. Click on the image below to see a larger version. Click again to expand it.

Read the whole issue here.