Why Don’t Immigrants Just Become Legal Citizens?

Eric Pavri has been an immigration lawyer for eight years and is currently the Director of Family Immigration Services at Catholic Charities of Central Colorado.  In a Facebook post, he provides answers to the questions: 

“Why don’t all of these [DACA] immigrants just become legal and do they get all kinds of public benefits?”

As Pavri acknowledges, these questions are legitimate and no one should mind you asking them If they are asked in good faith.

The following paragraphs are almost word for word from his post, formatted for readability.

Read more here.