posted on August 20, 2007 03:59:28 AM new
Good Riddance - It's about time. Finally, this women has been arrested and deported as she should have been a long time ago.
Imo, the Chicago church should NOT have given her sanctuary and should be facing BIG fines for breaking our immigration laws, as so many liberals believe they have the 'right' to do. But then, Chicago is run by wacko liberals.
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Pastor: Illegal Immigrant Who Sought Sanctuary in Chicago Church Deported
Monday, August 20, 2007
Elvira Arellano
LOS ANGELES —
An illegal immigrant who took refuge in a Chicago church for a year to avoid being separated from her son has been deported to Mexico, the church's pastor said.
Elvira Arellano was arrested Sunday afternoon outside Our Lady Queen of Angels church in Los Angeles. She was deported several hours later, said the Rev. Walter Coleman, pastor of Adalberto United Methodist Church in Chicago, where Arellano had taken refuge.
"She has been deported. She is free and in Tijuana," said Coleman, who said he spoke to her on the phone. "She is in good spirits. She is ready to continue the struggle against the separation of families from the other side of the border."
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A message left with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials late Sunday was not immediately returned.
Arellano, 32, became a symbol of the struggles of illegal immigrant parents when she took refuge in the church to avoid being separated from her 8-year-old son, a U.S. citizen.
She had said Saturday she was not afraid of being taken into custody by immigration agents.
"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."
Arellano came to Washington state illegally in 1997. She was deported to Mexico shortly after, but returned and moved to Illinois in 2000, taking a job cleaning planes at O'Hare International Airport.
She was arrested in 2002 at O'Hare and convicted of working under a false Social Security number. She was to surrender to authorities last year.
She sought refuge at the storefront church on Chicago's West Side on Aug. 15, 2006. She had not left the church property until she decided to travel by car to Los Angeles, Coleman said.
Coleman said Arellano had brought to light her struggle, and for that, "she has won a victory."
Immigration activists responded with anger to her arrest, and promised protests and vigils to support her.
"We are sad, but at the same time we are angry," said Javier Rodriguez, a Chicago immigration activist who worked with Arellano. "How dare they arrest this woman?"
Anti-illegal immigrant groups said the arrest was long overdue.
"Just because the woman has gone public and made an issue of the fact that she is defying law doesn't mean the government doesn't have to do its job," said Ira Mehlman, of the Federation for American Immigration Reform, which favors limits on immigration.
Arellano has repeatedly called for a stop to immigration raids that break up families with some members who are in the U.S. legally and others illegally.
Emma Lozano, Coleman's wife and head of immigration rights group Centro Sin Fronteras in Chicago, said she was Saul's legal guardian. At an afternoon news conference in Los Angeles, the boy hid behind Lozano and wiped away tears.
"He's taking it better than we thought he would," Lozano said.
While being arrested, Arellano spoke briefly with her son before submitting to authorities, Lozano said.
"She calmed him down, hugged him and gave him a blessing," said Lozano.
For any taxpayers who don't believe ANY illegal should be given ANY form of sanctuary ......here's a list of why we have the illegal problem we do.
Imo, all federal funding should be completely stopped for each and every city/state that allows the breaking of our immigration laws.
We, the people, CAN do something about this. But it's going to take a ton of voters putting pressure on their own reps and senators to stop enabling illegals and to put an end to the continuing LAW breaking elected officials that support giving sanctuary to illegals. IF they won't....VOTE THEM OUT.
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List of US Sanctuary Cities*
*Note: Not all listings have been independently confirmed by OJJPAC. If you believe a city should not be listed, please send an email, and OJJPAC will make note of the dispute and attempt to verify. Dates represent when a city was added to the list, not when it became or allegedly became a sanctuary city. Other notations may indicate the source of information. Cities without a date were added prior to May, 2007. Some sanctuary cities may not have yet been identified and therefore not listed here. You are encouraged to perform additional research regarding the status of your own city.
Last updated: 8-14-07
State/City
Alabama
Note: False information appears to have been submitted to OJJPAC.org regarding the listing of Alabaster, AL. As a result Alabaster, AL is being removed from the sanctuary city list.
Alaska
Anchorage (6/13/07 Congressional Research Service)
Fairbanks (6/13/07 Congressional Research Service) [Mayor of Fairbanks disputes the listing. However, OJJPAC has verified the listing of Fairbanks, Alaska, as having a sanctuary policy by the Congressional Research Service in an 2005 report. OJJPAC has requested that the city administration forward its policy demonstrating that it is not a sanctuary city--but none has been forwarded as of 8-9-07.]
Arizona
Chandler, AZ (Added 5/30/07, Congressional Research Service Report, 2006 )
Phoenix, AZ
California
Bell Gardens, CA
City of Industry, CA
City of Commerce, CA
Cypress, CA
Davis CA
Diamond Bar, CA (6/26/07 Disputed by city. Currently being researched to verify.)
Downey, CA
Fresno, CA (6/13/07 Congressional Research Service)
Lakewood, CA
Los Angeles, CA (Congressional Research Service)
Long Beach, CA
Lynwood, CA
Maywood, CA
Montebello, CA
National City, CA
Norwalk, CA
Paramount, CA
Pico Rivera, CA
So. Gate, CA
San Bernardino, Ca. (Added 6/7/07, reader submitted)
San Diego, CA (Congressional Research Service)
Santa Cruz, CA (Added 5/30/07, documented by KSBW news)
San Francisco, CA (Congressional Research Service)
San Jose, CA (6/13/07 Congressional Research Service)
Sonoma County, CA (Congressional Research Service)
Vernon, CA
Watsonville, CA (Added 5/30/07, documented by KSBW news)
Wilmington, CA
Colorado
Aurora, CO
Commerce City, CO
Denver, CO (Congressional Research Service)
Durango, CO (6/13/07 Congressional Research Service)
Federal Heights, CO
Fort Collins CO
Lafayette, CO (Added 6/3/07, documented by reader)
Thornton, CO
Westminster, CO
Connecticut
New Haven, CT (Added 6/4/07. TV News 8: City council votes 25-1 to issue ID cards to illegals)
Springfield CT (Disputed)
Florida
DeLeon Springs, FL
Deltona, Fl
Miami, FL
Sanford, Fl (7-23-07. Listing disputed by City of Sanford, under review.)
Georgia
Dalton, GA (Added 5/30/07. 6/18/07 Listing disputed as inaccurate by the City of Dalton, GA. Currently being researched. )
Illinois
Chicago, IL (Congressional Research Service)
Cicero, IL (6/13/07 Congressional Research Service)
Evanston, IL (6/13/07 Congressional Research Service)
Massachusetts
Cambridge, Mass. (Source: Boston Globe. First passed resolution in 1985)
Chelsea, Mass. (Added: 8-14-07 Source: Chelsea government website with text of sanctuary policy.)
Orleans, Mass. (6/13/07 Congressional Research Service)
Maine
Portland (Added 5/31/07 Note: Maine resident reported that Portland city council passed sanctuary legislation)
State of Maine (Added 5/31/07 Note: Maine resident reported that the governor signed a sanctuary executive order)
Maryland
Baltimore, MD (Congressional Research Service)
Gaithersburg, MD
Takoma Park, MD (Reported that City ordinance passed some 20 years ago; Congressional Research Service)
Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI (6/13/07 Congressional Research Service)
Detroit, MI (6/13/07 Congressional Research Service)
Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN (Congressional Research Service)
St. Paul, MN
Worthington, MN (Added 5-30-07 Note: This is where a Swift plant was raided by ICE in December, 2006)
Nevada
Reno (Added 5-31-07)
New Jersey
Bridgeton, NJ (Added 6-3-07) [7-27-07 Disputed by a reputed farm worker advocate, see note below.]
Camden, NJ
Fort Lee, NJ
Hightstown, NJ (Added 5-30-07)
Jersey City, NJ
Newark, NJ (Added 6-3-07)
North Bergen, NJ
Trenton, NJ
Union City, NJ
West New York, NJ
New Mexico
Rio Ariba County, NM (6/13/07 Congressional Research Service)
Santa Fe, NM (6/13/07 Congressional Research Service)
New York
Bay Shore, NY
Brentwood, NY
Central Islip, NY
Farmingville, NY
New York City, NY
Peekskill, NY [Disputed, being researched]
Riverhead, NY
Shirly/Mastic, NY
Spring Valley Village, NY (Added 7-25-07)
Uniondale, NY
Westbury, NY
North Carolina
Columbus, OH (7/5/07 Source: 5/10/07 Columbus Dispatch article stating illegal aliens in misdemeanor cases are not reported to ICE)
Painesville, OH (7-19-07 Source: 7-18-07 Cleveland Scene article) [8-9-07 Disputed by Painesville's City Manager, under review.]
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City (de facto)
Tulsa (6-3-07 Note: Tulsa city council is discussing changing its sanctuary policy.)
Oregon
State of Oregon * (8-9-07 Congressional Research Service) *(See note below)
Ashland, OR (8-9-07 Congressional Research Service)
Gaston, OR (8-9-07 Congressional Research Service)
Marion County, OR (8-9-07 Congressional Research Service)
Portland, OR
Texas
Austin, TX (Congressional Research Service)
Baytown, TX (6-13-07 Local reader observation)
Brownsville, TX
Channelview, TX (6-13-07 Local reader observation)
Denton, TX
Dallas, TX
El Cenizo, TX (6-13-07 Congressional Research Service)
Ft.Worth, TX
Houston, TX (Congressional Research Service)
Katy, TX (Congressional Research Service)
Laredo, TX
Mcallen, TX
Port Arthur, TX (6-13-07 Reader/resident observation)
San Antonio, TX [Note: The Sanctuary status of San Antonio is disputed, being researched.]
Utah
Provo, UT
Salt Lake City, UT
Virginia
Fairfax County, VA
Virginia Beach, VA (Added 6/3/07)
Washington
Seattle, WA (Added 5/30/07; Congressional Research Service)
Wisconsin
Madison, WI (Congressional Research Service)
Wyoming
Jackson Hole, WY
Washington, D.C.
The rest who are considering giving illegals more sanctuaries.....can be seen on this link.
posted on August 20, 2007 05:06:07 AM new
Well linduh there's TWO threads where in your total hatred for immigrants YOU ARE TALKING TO YOURSELF!
And, you ignorant slut, the word "women" is effing PLURAL, it means more than ONE womAn....
You have repeatedly used "women" to describe ONE womAn...I know immigrants for whom English is a second language and they ...know it BETTER THAN YOU !
you are too stupid to post opinions especially all your "I hate everybody who isn't me" posts...crawl away ....or for pete's sake, you ignorant slug, LEARN somethng!!!!
posted on August 20, 2007 09:15:24 AM new
Helenjw
posted on January 5, 2007 07:56:35 PM
The problem is that not many posters here want to bother with the tedium and name calling that a discussion with linda entails. Only Mingo seems to enjoy that.
LOL!
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If you dont want to hear the truth....dont ask the question.
posted on August 20, 2007 09:55:05 AM new
And there is mingopig. Always complaining and never helping. Nice to see that you didn't bother to get off of you lazy rear end and help out the victims of the storm damage in your area. But then again, demomorons always feel that someone else should do all of the work.
Good thing she lives in a Republican district where people step up to the plate and help out when needed.
Bet she won't help out any of the flood victims either.
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If it's called common sense, why do so few Demomorons have it?
posted on August 20, 2007 10:22:33 AM new
mingotree
posted on August 20, 2007 05:06:07 AM
Well linduh there's TWO threads where in your total hatred for immigrants YOU ARE TALKING TO YOURSELF!
And, you ignorant slut, the word "women" is effing PLURAL, it means more than ONE womAn....
You have repeatedly used "women" to describe ONE womAn...I know immigrants for whom English is a second language and they ...know it BETTER THAN YOU !
you are too stupid to post opinions especially all your "I hate everybody who isn't me" posts...crawl away ....or for pete's sake, you ignorant slug, LEARN somethng!!!!
SOUNDS LIKE LINDA GOT UNDER HER WRINKLED SKIN
BAAAAAWAAAA :_)
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If you dont want to hear the truth....dont ask the question.
Are YOU a Bunghole?