Isn't your comment concerning illegal residence and being good citizen a bit of an oxymoron?  

Can a good citizen break the law and not be held accountable for it?  

No.  

What needs to happen now because of tremendous neglect on the part of our elected officials and Christian charity?  There must be a pathway to citizenship for those who, although here illegally, have broken no other laws.  Those who have?  Deport.