Immigration Madness

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Anually, the US, by law, awards about 55,000 immigrant visas under the diversity visa program to people in countries/nations with allegedly low rate of immigrants to the US. After 30 days in the US, winners of these diversity visas to the US are eligible for almost any benefit a US national and/or US citizen is entitled to. The requirements are that the diversity visa entrant have at least a high school education or its equivalent or have, within the past five years, two years of work experience in an occupation requiring at least two years' training or experience. However, it is no secret that several people apply for and get this visas, regardless. Meanwhile, we have people in the US (some of them legally to the US but have for some reason overstayed their visas, and some who came to the US illegally). New immigration laws are making life very difficult for several of these people already in the US after years of investing in the US: Some came to the US at a time when US laws did not forbid them from obtaining legal documents; but with the current immigration laws, these people (already holders of legal US documents) are not able to renew and/or obtain replacements for legally obtained US documents. Instead of giving 55,000 immigrant visas to people outside the US to come to the US and within days be entitled to benefits that they never invested, while not grant these 55,000 annual immigrant visas to those already in the US who have invested in the nation in one form or another and are now in a catch-22 situation?