This story is just absolutely shocking:

Her world is six rooms and 12 church pews.

She has a cell phone, a computer and a MySpace account. She has room to work, watch television, eat, sleep and pray. Once a week, a young man from the local laundry comes by to gather the dirty clothes and wash them at no charge. Friends do her shopping. Small ladies wearing large coats come by every weekday morning and afternoon, shepherding her 8-year-old son to and from school.

This is the world of Elvira Arellano, 32, single mother, activist, illegal immigrant.

On Aug. 15, 2006, Arellano and her son, Saul, sought sanctuary at Adalberto United Methodist Church. She flouted an order to report for deportation, refused to go back to Mexico, refused to leave her American-born son behind in Chicago.

If you're like me... you read that and your jaw hit the floor.  Why?  They actually called her an "illegal immigrant".  Not an "undocumented worker", or a "potential refugee"... but an actual "illegal immigrant".  In fact, they used the phrase in the headline and everything.  I'm looking for ulterior motives.