She returned and was arrested again in 2002 and was convicted of working as a cleaning woman at O'Hare International Airport under a false Social Security number.
I wonder how the people in the church get away with being arrested for harboring a fugitive? Sanctuary is a moral standard I don't believe it trumps US penal codes. Anyway, break out the violins for this poor, picked on repeat offender.
Interesting that the poor child has figured out what to do with his mother in Mexico ~ he got there ahead of her.
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This kid isn't doing anything. Pro illegal advocates (including the mother) are using him for their own goals.
If you or I were convicted of using a false SS number,we'd get 10 years in the Federal pen.
This skank should be deported from 30,000 feet, the 'minister' Slim Colman is a criminal maggot and his 'church' should be flattened with a Caterpillar.
(He's a minister like I am - I bought my 'reverend papers' (legal btw) for $20 back in '74.)
She still there? Now is the time to go get her.
IOW this toddler is going to Mexico to ask for a resolution from the Mexican Congress declaring that Mexico is such a filthy rotten dirty cesspool that it would violate a person's human rights to be required to live there.
The church needs to be raided and she needs to be deported. Churches should not be safe havens for criminals and this woman is a criminal.
If he's an illegal alien too, I hope he can't make it back into the US. And I wonder why his mother is still in this country after all the publicity about her.
I don't do recreational drugs so I've really got to think this one through. An "american" citizen whose parents are illegal aliens goes to MEXICO to speak to the MEXICAN government to whine about his illegal alien mommy being kicked out of the U.S. byt the U.S. Government because she is not an American citizen. It sure is a wacky world. No wonder so many people are turning to meth to help them figure it out.
CHICAGO — The 7-year-old son of an immigration activist who took refuge in a church to avoid being deported is heading to Mexico on Sunday to seek the support of national legislators.
Saul Arellano, who is an American citizen, is scheduled to meet with members of the Mexican House of Representatives and the Mexican Senate on Tuesday in an effort to get a resolution supporting Elvira Arellano's bid to stay in the United States.
Elvira Arellano was supposed to surrender to federal authorities for deportation to Mexico in mid-August. Instead, she took refuge at the Adalberto United Methodist Church.
"It's just another added pressure," said Emma Lozano, executive director of the immigration-rights group Centro Sin Fronteras, who will accompany the boy to Mexico. "We really believe Mexico could use its influence more in supporting people like Elvira."
Lozano and Saul will meet with Mexican human rights activist Rosario Ibarra, who is also a member of the Senate, in an effort to enlist her support.
The boy has been speaking at conferences and writing letters to political figures including President Bush and Mexican President Vicente Fox, asking for help.
Arellano has said deporting her would effectively deport her son, and violate his rights.
She was arrested in 1997 soon after crossing into the United States and was sent back to Mexico.
She returned and was arrested again in 2002 and was convicted of working as a cleaning woman at O'Hare International Airport under a false Social Security number.
Link. This situation is ridiculous and outrageous. Anybody know of a comment or statement from ICE?
Uh, what in the hell is this resolution supposed to say? "Yeah, our country sucks that bad"?
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I thought Liberals always said that separation between church and state was in the Constitution. Since they really believe this, why aren't they picketing the church?
Who says?