The law would punish only those who knowingly hired or rented to illegal immigrants, he said.

In a separate trial, he was acquitted of knowingly hiring underage workers.

He supports strengthening penalties for employers who knowingly hire illegal immigrants.

"Well, if she wasn't fooled, then that would mean she knowingly hired the man who."

Crack down on employers who knowingly hire undocumented workers.

It forbids employers from knowingly hiring illegal immigrants for any job within Alabama.

"He did not knowingly hire an illegal alien," the official said.

No one knows exactly what to expect when penalties for employers who knowingly hire illegal aliens take effect June 1.

It sets penalties for those companies and individuals who knowingly hire illegal immigrants.

But the company says it does not knowingly hire illegal aliens.