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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. Her son Saul was born in America in 1999. | '''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. | ||
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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> | ||
[[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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“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> | ||
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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> | ||
Elvira Arellano was arrested on August 19, 2007 in [[Los Angeles]] and repatriated to Mexico. | Elvira Arellano was arrested on August 19, 2007 in [[Los Angeles]] and repatriated to Mexico. | ||
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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]</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. | ||
== See also == | == See also == | ||
Revision as of 23:02, April 10, 2019
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.
Background
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.[1]
“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.[2]
According to Chicago Tribune's editorial (August 17, 2006) "That doesn't mean her example is helpful to their cause. It is not." [3]
Elvira Arellano was arrested on August 19, 2007 in Los Angeles and repatriated to Mexico.
Activism
Arellano is president[4][5] 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.