That ' s an odd question considering that ' s how you chose to do it . And you are arguing against straw men here and earlier . You probably did it legally because you don ' t want to get deported or live with that threat hanging over your head . You are also replying to a comment where I pointed out that simply framing something as against the law wasn ' t useful as summing up a situation . It ' s far more complicated than that . If you were a poor Salvadorian and your daughter was on a kill list and had already lost two other members of your family , would you shrug your shoulders and wait in some kind of line ? Is it really that hard to understand that saying well that ' s illegal doesn ' t tell us much about that situation ? Think about it .