Immigration activist’s son delivers letter to White House

Posted on: October 4th, 2006
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”He was serious about getting this done and making sure he delivered this letter for his mother,” Lopez said.

“The young son of a woman who has taken refuge in a Chicago church delivered a letter to the White House on Tuesday, hoping to enlist President Bush’s help in keeping his mother from being deported to Mexico.

The handwritten letter, which 7-year-old Saul Arellano gave to a White House staffer outside the gates, requested a meeting with Bush to discuss allowing Elvira Arellano to stay in the United States, said Robert Lopez, spokesman for Chicago immigration-rights group Centro Sin Fronteras.”

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