life as an immigrant

i am an illegal immigrant still. i have applied for papers, visas, residencies, work permits... you name it, i've done it -- i've gone to offices, spoken with bureaucrats... the list goes on. so i come to work today & find out my boss has taken it upon himself to say i'm still a student, because this way will lead to resolution. i must now blatantly lie and get someone from my university to do the same without blinking an eye. i have dreams at night about dutch police coming to take me away like they did elian, except i won't have an uncle fighting for me.