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'''Elvira Arellano''' (born 1975) [[Mexican]] citizen, a thirty-one-year-old woman. She was an [[illegal immigrant]] and a fugitive from justice.  

'''Elvira Arellano''' (born 1975) [[Mexican]] citizen, a thirty-one-year-old woman. She was an [[illegal immigrant]] and a fugitive from justice. Her son Saul was born in America in 1999.

Arellano first crossed illegally into the [[United States]] in 1997 and was taken into custody and deported. She returned and lived in [[Oregon]] for three years before moving to [[Chicago]]. Two years later she was arrested at O’Hare Airport. Failing to report to immigration authorities, she sought sanctuary in the Adalberto [http://www.umc.org/site/c.lwL4KnN1LtH/b.1353935/k.69CC/The_mission_of_The_United_Methodist_Church_is_to_make_disciples_of_Jesus_Christ.htm United Methodist Church] in the Humboldt Park area of Chicago’s West Side, with his American son Saul (born in 1999 in the United States).

Arellano first crossed illegally into the [[United States]] in 1997 and was taken into custody and deported. She returned and lived in [[Oregon]] for three years before moving to [[Chicago]]. Two years later she was arrested at O’Hare Airport. Failing to report to immigration authorities, she sought sanctuary with her son Saul in the Adalberto United Methodist Church in the Humboldt Park area of Chicago’s West Side.  The church is located at 2716 W Division St.<ref>[http://www.umc.org/find-a-church/church/48394 Adalberto Memorial United Methodist Church]</ref>

[[Image:Coleman - Arellano.jpg|thumb|The Rev. Oscar Carrasco and Elvira Arellano]]

[[Image:Coleman - Arellano.jpg|thumb|The Rev. Oscar Carrasco and Elvira Arellano]]

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Arellano is president<ref>[https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/rally-fights-deportation-keep-families-together/ Rally fights deportation: Keep families together

Arellano is president<ref>[https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/rally-fights-deportation-keep-families-together/ Rally fights deportation: Keep families together]</ref><ref>[https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=es&u=https://www.telemundochicago.com/noticias/Elvira-Arellano-intenta-cruzar-la-frontera-274256021.html&prev=search Elvira Arellano tries to cross the border]</ref> of an organization called ''United Latino Family'',(''La Familia Latina Unida'') which lobbies for families that could be split by deportation. She has become something of a local symbol for those who most ardently believe U.S. immigration law is patently unfair.

]</ref><ref>[https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=es&u=https://www.telemundochicago.com/noticias/Elvira-Arellano-intenta-cruzar-la-frontera-274256021.html&prev=search Elvira Arellano tries to cross the border]</ref> of an organization called ''United Latino Family'',(''La Familia Latina Unida'') which lobbies for families that could be split by deportation. She has become something of a local symbol for those who most ardently believe U.S. immigration law is patently unfair.

According to Chicago Tribune's editorial (August 17, 2006) '''"That doesn't mean her example is helpful to their cause. It is not."''' <ref>[http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chi-0608170087aug17,0,3085719.story?coll=chi-newsopinion-hed Elvira Arellano and the law]</ref>

According to Chicago Tribune's editorial (August 17, 2006) '''"That doesn't mean her example is helpful to their cause. It is not."''' <ref>[http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chi-0608170087aug17,0,3085719.story?coll=chi-newsopinion-hed Elvira Arellano and the law]</ref>