Posted on 08/16/2006 12:13:05 PM PDT by JustPiper
Arellano, who was deported shortly after illegally crossing into the United States in 1997, is president of United Latino Family, which lobbies for families that could be split by deportation.
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The Middle Ages. It's an old part of common law.
Just saw her on TV and she's pretty good looking. Part of the whole sympathy deal for this invader. ICE said she is deportable at anytime and Church sanctuary customs do not apply to ICE.
The Middle Ages. It's an old part of common law.
I highly doubt that many US states have church sanctuary laws. However by custom, authorities don't like to enter churches to make arrests
Protect our borders and coastlines from all foreign invaders!
Hey, JP:-)
You back now? I've missed you:-)
Yeah, I'd say this dame is playing "the church card" for all it's worth!
I wonder if she's related to the Arellano Felix family that just got busted for drugs?
Thanks for the ping.
Hi, Piper!
<< ..... lobbies for families that could be split by deportation. >>
Not unless the criminal alien adults willingly desert their children.
What's next? 'United "latino" Family" organization for the prevention of orphans?
Lobbying for will-be orphans against the death penalty for spouse murderers?
She can't be very poor. Getting her eyebrows waxed costs money. Maybe she gets a deal when she gets her manicure.
Thank you!!
" what will happen if as she said in an interview here today, she will make this like Elian and it will make the DHS look like fools"
Hiya JustPiper.....hope you're well! just reading through this thread, haven't gotten very far, but already was taken aback for a second by your comment......and thinking...what if and what are the chances that this is exactly what our OBL D.C. leadership WANTS to happen? A set up to put out a hugh sympathy cry for the illegals! Anyhoo......just started reading so maybe someone has already suggested this scenario. Could have major implications.
"ICE said she is deportable at anytime and Church sanctuary customs do not apply to ICE."
As I was just saying to JustPiper, if this is the case, then IMO, it is possible that this is all a set up, intentionally meant to build a huge momentum of sympathy for the illegals and the staging of an "Elian moment", courtesy of our OBL D.C. Leadership.
Is Mexico that crappy? Though to tell you the truth she sounds like she is speaking of an invasion and takeover with her militant speechifying, and it would be interesting to translate her Spanish rants.
I don't think we have "sanctuary" laws here in the USA.
I agree; they need to drag out her sorry illegal butt ASAP. If not, it's just a matter of time before we see more illegals pull this stunt. They'd love nothing more than MSM cameras capturing images of crying women and babies being hauled out of churches by law enforcement.
Of course it's a media stunt no matter what happed to this foreign born intruder. These Mexicans are always pulling stunts and doing crimes that would get them shot dead in Mexico. They will f with the Anglo forever because we are perceived as saps for any old story from a 3rd worlder
the worse insult?
This heifer used a 'translator' at her press conference, NINE years and she barely knew english
Works for me.
Activist driven to help, but fears for son
As people all over Chicago and now across the U.S. follow the unfolding drama of Elvira Arellano, one question has been asked again and again.
It is not, "Who is she?" but rather "Who does she think she is?"
http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-deport17.html
Today they said they will not be stymied by all the publicity, she WILL be arrested
~Snips
Her detractors criticize her as a newly minted media hound, working the television cameras, with rosary beads in hand at the Methodist church, for the same opportunity to stay in America every one of the estimated 11 million illegal immigrants seek.
The truth lies somewhere in the shadows between Arellano's life in Mexico and the several years she worked and raised her son in the United States under a false Social Security number.
Arellano's critics, however, see a woman using her activist skills, along with her son, to get special treatment in spite of having broken the law.
U.S. Rep. Luis Gutierrez wrote a letter to President Bush urging him to intervene on Arellano's behalf to block the illegal immigrant's deportation.
Gutierrez introduced a private relief bill for Arellano in April 2005. As of Wednesday night, Gutierrez's office was still waiting for a response from the White House Congressional Affairs office.
U.S. Sen. Barack Obama, who has been a supporter of immigrants in Arellano's situation, expressed his support of comprehensive immigration reform, but had some reservations about this case.
"I can't ... take one person out of the hundreds of thousands who are in exactly the same situation and call them out for special treatment," Obama said in Springfield. "That just wouldn't be fair. That's not how we do things ... here in the United States."
Considered a fugitive
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokesman Tim Counts maintains Arellano is considered a fugitive and will be arrested and deported at a future time and date, regardless of where she is residing.
"We have the authority to arrest anyone in violation of U.S. law anywhere in the United States," said Counts.
http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-deport17.html
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