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==Background==
==Background==
[[Image:Coleman - Arellano.jpg|thumb|The Rev. Oscar Carrasco and Elvira Arellano]]
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>
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>
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“Her crime was working for minimum wage cleaning out airplanes,” said the Rev. [[Walter Coleman]], pastor of Adalberto United Methodist Church in Chicago, where Arellano is lay leader. Arellano, an undocumented worker, decided to fight back. Adalberto United Methodist Church joined her.<ref>[http://www.umc.org/site/c.gjJTJbMUIuE/b.1767601/k.1999/Local_church_joins_in_immigration_struggle.htm Local church joins in immigration struggle.]</ref>
“Her crime was working for minimum wage cleaning out airplanes,” said the Rev. [[Walter Coleman]], pastor of Adalberto United Methodist Church in Chicago, where Arellano is lay leader. Arellano, an undocumented worker, decided to fight back. Adalberto United Methodist Church joined her.<ref>[http://www.umc.org/site/c.gjJTJbMUIuE/b.1767601/k.1999/Local_church_joins_in_immigration_struggle.htm Local church joins in immigration struggle.]</ref>
*[[Homeland]]
*[[Homeland]]
*[[Lozano v. Hazleton]]
*[[Lozano v. Hazleton]]
== References ==
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== External links ==
== External links ==
*[http://www.laweekly.com/news/news/remember-the-immigrant-rights-movement/14317/ The case of Elvira Arellano]
*[http://www.laweekly.com/news/news/remember-the-immigrant-rights-movement/14317/ The case of Elvira Arellano]
*[http://www.lostiempos.com/noticias/20-08-07/ultimas_int.php Elvira Arellano] In Spanish.
*[http://www.lostiempos.com/noticias/20-08-07/ultimas_int.php Elvira Arellano] In Spanish.
*[http://www.newsanctuarymovement.org/movement.html THE NEW SANCTUARY MOVEMENT]
*[http://www.newsanctuarymovement.org/movement.html THE NEW SANCTUARY MOVEMENT]
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