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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 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 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).
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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>
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Arellano is president of an organization called ''United Latino Family'', 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.
Arellano is president of an organization called ''United Latino Family'', 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.