Entering into any country illegally and staying in spite of the laws prohibiting it, comes with consequences. If you expect America to waive those consequences because you are a nice person and have managed to avoid those consequences for many years, then you have my sympathy, but you agreed by entering this country, to obey its laws. So, obey them and pay the piper. You have lived here on our sufferance and should be grateful, not demanding of more. What other laws do you demand that we ignore?
Thank you for telling this story, Adele.
Entering into any country illegally and staying in spite of the laws prohibiting it, comes with consequences. If you expect America to waive those consequences because you are a nice person and have managed to avoid those consequences for many years, then you have my sympathy, but you agreed by entering this country, to obey its laws. So, obey them and pay the piper. You have lived here on our sufferance and should be grateful, not demanding of more. What other laws do you demand that we ignore?
So are citizens!