Officials deport president of Palomar MEChA club

San Diego Union ^ | 17 Jan 2007 | Linda Lou

[radar101]

The president of the MEChA club at Palomar College has been deported to Mexico, immigration officials said yesterday. Paola Oropeza, 22, was arrested Jan. 8 by a fugitive operations team with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, said Lauren Mack, a spokeswoman for the department in San Diego.

Oropeza had been ordered to leave the country by an immigration judge, but she failed to comply with that order, Mack said. At the time of her arrest, Oropeza was in the country illegally and was taken to Tijuana, Mack said.

Oropeza did not have a criminal record, said Mack, who could not provide details about Oropeza's immigration background. Oropeza was arrested with three people who are believed to be relatives, Mack said. One is still in deportation proceedings.

When reached on a cell phone yesterday, Oropeza declined to comment. She said her attorney has advised her not to talk to the media.

MEChA, or Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan, is a Latino student group with chapters in high schools and colleges. It focuses on empowerment through education as well as political, cultural and social awareness.

A staff assistant in Palomar College's student affairs office who works with student clubs said Oropeza was president last year and remained in that role this year. She said MEChA is fairly active on campus, especially in the fall. The group holds a cultural event on campus each winter called a “Night of Culture” and collects toys for the needy through the event.

Linda Lou: (760) 737-7574; linda.lou@uniontrib.com

[BradtotheBone]

Excellent !

[Army Air Corps]

MEChA, or Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan, is a Latino student group

Correction: MEChA, or Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan, is a Racist Marxist group

[SJSAMPLE]

One at a time.
We’ll get there eventually.

[Moose4]

Buh-bye!

}:-)4

[martin_fierro]

MEChA, or Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan, is a Latino student group with chapters in high schools and colleges. It focuses on empowerment through education as well as political, cultural and social awareness.

Yeah, right. 

[PBRSTREETGANG]

As should be the case with all MEChA members.

[blastdad51]

Since when was Mecha a club ?!!!

[gridlock]

This one has me cackling like Patty and Selma after a particularly satisfying MacGyver episode...

[JRios1968]

At the time of her arrest, Oropeza was in the country illegally and was taken to Tijuana, Mack said.

Oropeza did not have a criminal record...

The mere fact that Ms Oropeza was here ILLEGALLY and had already been before a judge for this, should already create a record...contradictions, anyone?

[trappedinnj]

hehehehe....

“The group holds a cultural event on campus each winter called a “Night of Culture” and collects toys for the needy through the event”...

Oh but they do it for the children!!!!...It just makes me giggle even more.

What IS wrong with these california “journalists” that they have to end the article with that...Is that supposed to alter our opinions of the governments actions???

[Hoffer Rand]

They left her in Tijuana. She’ll be back in the country in 2 days, tops.

Glad to see they took action, but may we PLEASE have a wall/fence, now??

[DoughtyOne]

MEChA, or Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan, is a Latino student group with chapters in high schools and colleges. It focuses on empowerment through education as well as political, cultural and social awareness.

Note the name Aztlan included in the title of this group.  This is a brown-separatist group.  It focuses on tearing down loyalty to the United States and ultimately developing their own nation formed with states that have withdrawn from the United States.  The new nation is to be known as Aztlan.

Former Gubenatoral candidate Cruz Bustamante was a member of MeChA in his youth.  So was the current mayor of Los Angeles.  Neither would renounce the principles of the group, or their memberships in their campaigns for office.  Anotherwords, loyalty to the United States was of so little value to them, that they would not renounce their loyaty to THE CAUSE.  The are both brown-separatists.

A staff assistant in Palomar College's student affairs office who works with student clubs said Oropeza was president last year and remained in that role this year. She said MEChA is fairly active on campus, especially in the fall. The group holds a cultural event on campus each winter called a “Night of Culture” and collects toys for the needy through the event.

Cultural even my posterior...  it's a recruitment and desensitivity effort.  "We just tell people about our heredity and collect toys for children."  Liars...

And they are located on 'high school' as well as college campuses.  Wonderful.

[Rick Deckard]

Reading that article in the U-T was a great way to start the day! The surprising part was ICE arresting someone so high profile.

[norton]

Don't get too excited:
They deported her about 20 miles,
she could return to campus tomorrow and no one would drop a dime to ICE,
once back, she'd have a mob of estudiantes surrounding her and screaming 'political prisoner' all over local media.

Also, wait for the protests on other California campuses.

[HenpeckedCon]

Adios bendejo!

[gubamyster]

ping

[NRA2BFree]

I'm very happy about him being deported, but he's probably already back in the country. I would like it more had they shot him. LOL THEN he would know we mean business. ;o)

Hey, Jorge, where's our fence?

[NRA2BFree]

Oops, make that “her.” :o)

[dennisw]

GTFO and stay out. If we had a real border fence we would know her odds of return would be tiny. But thanks to Jorge Bush any idiot can sneak in here