A Southern California woman who has spent 13 years trying to secure legal permanent residency says the Department of Homeland Security hit her with a jaw-dropping $1.82 million fine for living in the US undocumented — despite her years-long effort to do things “the right way.” Fearing for her safety, the woman asked NBC7 to remain anonymous. She described the moment she opened the letter on Friday as utterly terrifying. A Southern California woman who has spent 13 years trying to secure legal permanent residency says the Department of Homeland Security hit her with a jaw-dropping $1.82 million fine. Anadolu via Getty Images “It was a shock,” she said. “When I started reading and I see the amount – $1,820,000—it was kind of insane.” The woman said she came to the US from Mexico decades ago when she was about 13. A judge issued a voluntary departure order in 2003 requiring her to leave, but she had no idea it existed until immigration agents tracked her down in 2013.…