Posted on 08/19/2007 10:14:53 AM PDT by Racehorse
An illegal immigrant who avoided deportation by living in a Chicago church said Saturday she is not afraid of being taken into custody on her first trip outside the sanctuary in a year. Elvira Arellano spoke at a downtown Los Angeles church as her 8-year-old son Saul, a U.S. citizen, participated in a small rally a few miles away at City Hall.
"From the time I took sanctuary, the possibility has existed that they arrest me in the place and time they want," she said in Spanish. "I only have two choices. I either go to my country, Mexico, or stay and keep fighting. I decided to stay and fight."
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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials declined to comment, but uniformed agents did not appear to be present at the church or rally.
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From Los Angeles, Arellano planned on heading to Washington, D.C., to take part in a Sept. 12 prayer meeting and rally for immigration reform at the Capitol.
''I will go and pray and fast in front of the Congress,'' Arellano said. ''I will go with my Bible and my son, and I will read to him from the Holy Scriptures as I do every day.
''If this government would arrest me and separate me from my son, let them do it in front of the men and women who have the responsibility to fix this broken law and uphold the principles of human dignity.''
(Excerpt) Read more at suntimes.com ...
Next stop, the nation's capitol.
This is absurd!
DEPORT HER and her kid.
IMMEDIATELY!
I guess her Bible doesn’t include Romans 13:1 - 2:
“Everyone must submit himself to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God. Consequently, he who rebels against the authority is rebelling against what God has instituted, and those who do so will bring judgment on themselves.”
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OHH ICE ... YOOOO hoooooo!!!
Have a nice (short) stay in LA, Ms. Arellano.
Illegal immigrants...
the LAST target of law enforcement.
Due to political stupidity by their supervisors.
“I either go to my country, Mexico....”
VERY telling if you ask me. And I thought she wanted to be an American.
LA is a sanctuary city-I believe it was the 1st.
They did not resist swooping in on that little Cuban boy in the dead of night, but they won’t touch this illegal.
So she spent all this time in a church and still can’t speak English?! I’m having a hard time finding any sympathy for her.
GW could stop this.
Regards
Well said. She is thumbing her nose at us and if we let her continue to do it, we will be sending the WRONG message to millions like her. Shut her pie hole and ship her back.
We need to demand that ICE pick her up and deport her. Her little boy can go with her to wonderful Mexico if he wants. What is wrong with Homeland Security that they can’t even arrest and deport a person whose movements are tracked by the press?
She has been ARRESTED by Immigration Agents!!! (A few hours ago).
Yes, I.C.E. DID pick her up today. She is in custody.
Breaking news on local TV... happened @ 3:00 p.m. PDST.
Imagine that ICE had the guts to do this!
Proud of my city, though...:)
ping
Anyone know which church?
His masters will not allow it.
They harbored this criminal for a year in Chicago...
She didn't last 24 hours in Los Angeles.
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