- Elvira Arellano
Elvira Arellano (born 1975) is a Mexican citizen from San Miguel Curahuango,
Michoacán , notable for living illegally in theUnited States . Facing deportation byU.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement , Arellano attempted to declare sanctuary in the AdalbertoUnited Methodist Church onDivision Street inChicago (although the law does not recognize the concept of "sanctuary") in August 2006. OnAugust 19 ,2007 , having traveled toCalifornia to make appearances, Arellano was arrested by U.S. authorities outside ofOur Lady Queen of Angels Church in downtown Los Angeles and deported to Mexico.NON-WORKING LINK: http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/11/15/migrant.mom.ap/index.html] She is the president of La Familia Latina Unida (United Latino Family), a group that lobbies for families that could be split by deportation.cite news | title=Feds Won't Raid Church For Immigrant | url=http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/08/19/national/main1913833.shtml | date=2006-08-19 | publisher=CBS News /Associated Press | accessdate=2008-01-14]History
Arellano entered the United States illegally in 1997 and was apprehended and deported back to Mexico by the United States government.cite news | last=Prengaman | first=Peter | title=Immigration Activist Deported to Mexico | date=2007-08-20 | url=http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8R4OQQ80&show_article=1 | publisher=Breitbart.com | accessdate=2008-01-14] She returned within days and lived illegally for three years in
Oregon . In 1999, she gave birth to a son, Saul Arellano, whose father remains unnamed by Elvira. Due to the 14th Amendment, which grants birthright citizenship, Saul is a United States citizen. In 2000, Arellano moved toChicago and worked as a cleaning woman atO'Hare International Airport . In 2002, following a post-September 11 security sweep, she was arrested and convicted ofSocial Security Fraud . Arellano was ordered to appear before immigration authorities onAugust 15 ,2006 . Instead of complying with the court order and to avoid arrest and deportation, on that date she took refuge in the Adalberto United Methodist church in theHumboldt Park area ofChicago , which maintained it was a sanctuary for illegal immigrants. Before that, she sought safe haven for a year in Amor De Dios United Methodist Church with Pastor José S. Landaverde, who begun the new immigrant sanctuary movement in Illinois. [ [http://www.laraza.com/print.php?nid=30382&origen=1] El Santuario De Los Inmigrantes]On
November 14 ,2006 , in Mexico City, Saul Arellano appeared before theCongress of Mexico ."Boy wages fight for mother," Oscar Avila. Chicago Tribune. Distributed by Knight Ridder Tribune Business News. Washington: Nov 15, 2006. pg. 1 ] The Mexican lawmakers passed a resolution to urge the United States government to suspend the deportation of Arellano and other parents of children who are United States citizens.She was arrested on
August 19 ,2007 inLos Angeles . Within hours of her arrest Arellano was repatriated to Mexico by U.S. federal agents in compliance with an existing deportation order. She was accompanied to the Mexican border by an official of the Mexican consulate in San Diego, California, as well as by agents of the U.S. government.cite news | title=Boy Fighting Mom's Battle To Stay In U.S. | url=http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/11/14/world/main2181120.shtml | date=2006-11-15 | publisher=CBS News /Associated Press | accessdate=2008-01-14] [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/19/us/19immigrant.html?ex=1180929600&en=afca1259a34e268c&ei=5070 Chicago Woman’s Stand Stirs Immigration Debate - New York Times ] ] [http://www.bibdaily.com/pdfs/Arellano%20order%209-29-06.pdf G:Civil
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