As previously discussed, the Department of Justice, various far-left illegal immigration-supporting groups, the Mexican government and other governments are all involved in the same lawsuit against Alabama over that state's new immigration law. The law does what the great majority of Americans want: enforce the immigration laws to reduce illegal immigration.

And, one of the plaintiffs in the case has said quite a bit more than the DOJ/ACLU/Mexican government et al would like her to say (link):

Michelle Cummings is the owner and manager of Cummings Property in Huntsville. She has more than 400 tenants and says at least half of them are undocumented immigrants...

"If the law does pass as it stands, then of course people will return back to Mexico and that will be a large percentage of my tenants,” said Cummings.

Section 13 of the law says it's unlawful to harbor an illegal immigrant by entering into a rental agreement with them. Cummings worries that she could go to jail if the law is not blocked.

In other words, she admits to knowingly renting to illegal aliens. And, she's worried the new law will cut into her business, which includes renting to those she knows to be here illegally. She's profiting from illegal activity, just as growers and food processors do, and somehow she thinks she should be allowed to do that.

The ACLU/Mexican government/DOJ would, of course, have counseled her to be shocked - shocked! - that some of her renters could be illegal aliens and to say that there's no way she could know (and maybe throw in a Gestapo reference for good measure). Give her points for honesty at least.

However, she does get SPLC/ACLU/Mexican government brownie points for supporting comprehensive immigration reform and for thinking that legal status would be some sort of magic wand: "If they were identified and they were able to pay into the system there wouldn't be such a burden on the states,” said Cummings. As we've been told multiple times, they can and do pay into the system. But, being legalized would indeed open up new avenues of employment for them, which isn't such a good thing for U.S. citizens due to massive unemployment (see immigration wage floor).