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Arellano turns up in L.A. (Says she doesn't fear arrest on 1st trip away from sanctuary)
Chicago Sun Times ^ | 19 August 2007 | Robert Jablon

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.

. . .

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 ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Government
KEYWORDS: alien; aliens; arellano; crimaliens; elections; fugitives; gop; illegalimmigration; immigrantlist; immigration; losangeles; sanctuarycities
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So, Elvira Arellano is free to move about the country at will.

Next stop, the nation's capitol.

1 posted on 08/19/2007 10:14:56 AM PDT by Racehorse
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To: Racehorse

This is absurd!

DEPORT HER and her kid.

IMMEDIATELY!


2 posted on 08/19/2007 10:17:58 AM PDT by nmh (Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God) .)
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To: Racehorse
If certioff the jerkoff cannot load this woman ass on the bus and out of the country what can he do???
3 posted on 08/19/2007 10:18:22 AM PDT by org.whodat (What's the difference between a Democrat and a republican????)
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To: Racehorse

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.”


4 posted on 08/19/2007 10:19:39 AM PDT by Joann37
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To: Racehorse

ICE’s toll-free tip hotline—1-866-DHS-2-ICE

OHH ICE ... YOOOO hoooooo!!!

Have a nice (short) stay in LA, Ms. Arellano.


5 posted on 08/19/2007 10:35:57 AM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed)
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To: Racehorse

Illegal immigrants...
the LAST target of law enforcement.

Due to political stupidity by their supervisors.


6 posted on 08/19/2007 10:39:26 AM PDT by VOA
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To: Racehorse

“I either go to my country, Mexico....”

VERY telling if you ask me. And I thought she wanted to be an American.


7 posted on 08/19/2007 10:47:24 AM PDT by CitizenUSA
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To: Racehorse

LA is a sanctuary city-I believe it was the 1st.


8 posted on 08/19/2007 10:49:23 AM PDT by Califreak (Go Hunter!)
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To: Racehorse

They did not resist swooping in on that little Cuban boy in the dead of night, but they won’t touch this illegal.


9 posted on 08/19/2007 11:46:42 AM PDT by ditto h
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To: Racehorse

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.


10 posted on 08/19/2007 12:17:07 PM PDT by AlaskaErik (Run, Fred run! I will send my donation as soon as you announce.)
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To: Racehorse

GW could stop this.

Regards


11 posted on 08/19/2007 1:26:41 PM PDT by ARE SOLE (Agents Ramos and Campean are in prison at this very moment..)
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To: org.whodat

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.


12 posted on 08/19/2007 1:31:27 PM PDT by Heartland Mom (Build the fence, secure our borders, deport illegals - Protect our sovereignty!)
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To: Racehorse

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?


13 posted on 08/19/2007 2:20:24 PM PDT by 3AngelaD (They screwed up their own countries so bad they had to leave, and now they're here screwing up ours)
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To: Heartland Mom

She has been ARRESTED by Immigration Agents!!! (A few hours ago).


14 posted on 08/19/2007 5:51:17 PM PDT by AmericanInTokyo (Visit this thread 1-hour from now. In that time, an average of 416.6 more ILLEGALS will be in the US)
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To: 3AngelaD

Yes, I.C.E. DID pick her up today. She is in custody.


15 posted on 08/19/2007 5:51:40 PM PDT by AmericanInTokyo (Visit this thread 1-hour from now. In that time, an average of 416.6 more ILLEGALS will be in the US)
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To: AmericanInTokyo

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...:)


16 posted on 08/19/2007 5:54:31 PM PDT by La Enchiladita
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To: 1_Inch_Group; 2sheep; 2Trievers; 3AngelaD; 3pools; 3rdcanyon; 4Freedom; 4ourprogeny; 7.62 x 51mm; ..

ping


17 posted on 08/19/2007 7:04:51 PM PDT by gubamyster
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To: Racehorse

Anyone know which church?


18 posted on 08/19/2007 7:08:26 PM PDT by BunnySlippers (Buy a Mac ...)
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To: ARE SOLE

His masters will not allow it.


19 posted on 08/19/2007 7:09:34 PM PDT by Eaker (If illegal immigrants were so great for an economy; Mexico would be building a wall to keep them in)
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To: Califreak
LA is a sanctuary city-I believe it was the 1st.

They harbored this criminal for a year in Chicago...

She didn't last 24 hours in Los Angeles.

20 posted on 08/19/2007 7:10:02 PM PDT by dragnet2
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