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Post by jeffolie on Aug 19, 2007 22:14:20 GMT -6
LOS ANGELES - An illegal immigrant who stayed in a Chicago church for a year to avoid separation from her 8-year-old son, a U.S. citizen, was arrested Sunday and being processed for deportation. Elvira Arellano, who arrived in Los Angeles on Saturday after leaving her sanctuary to campaign for immigration reform, was arrested around 1:30 p.m. outside Our Lady Queen of Angels Catholic Church where she had been speaking to reporters, said the Rev. Walter Coleman, pastor of Adalberto United Methodist, the Chicago church.
Arellano was "being processed for removal to Mexico based upon a deportation order originally issued by a federal immigration judge in 1997," U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said in a news release.
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Post by jeffolie on Aug 20, 2007 8:23:30 GMT -6
Yes, she was deported.
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Post by blueneck on Aug 20, 2007 19:54:37 GMT -6
Good - perhaps now she should devote her energies toward making Mexico a better place rather than demanding rights here.
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