Well, I’m glad that we are a nation of laws, and not a nation ruled by your sympathies. If you are here illegally, you’re here illegally. Doesn’t matter one whit if you are able to evade the authorities for 1 day, 1 decade, or 1 century, you are still here illegally until you take the proper steps to change that status.
Maybe a nation of bureaucrats and judges making rules on the fly.