You should file now. Unless you are from one of the countries that has a backlog priority dates for Parent PR and USC are about the same right now.

https://travel.state.gov/content/vis...mber-2016.html

Not sure about your situation or how old you are but if you are over 18 and have unlawful presence then you are gonna need to do a waiver through your parents, which is super hard but i guess not impossible.