Mexican mother organizes from inside Chicago church – Elvira Arellano
Tagged: Chicago, deportation, Elvira Arellano, Illinois, latina, prisonPosted on: December 22nd, 2006“With Christmas fast approaching, Elvira Arellano dispatched her 8-year-old son to Washington to plead her case and that of other immigrant families who fear being torn apart by deportation.
The Mexican-born Arellano, 31, cannot go herself because she has been fighting a deportation order since August from inside a Chicago church where she has imprisoned herself, invoking the ancient medieval protection of sanctuary.”
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