“Something should have been done about it 20 years ago.”
Yeah! There ought to be a law!
Wha..? There was!?
Never mind (in my best Emily Latella voice.)
Now that I think about it, Gilda Radner was finished with SNL before Sarbanes-Oxley was introduced. Man, I’m getting old.
You are exactly correct. The invaders were violating the law (hence “illegal” invasion) and something should have been done about it.