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“A delegation of Mexican congressmen pledged their continued support Friday for an undocumented Chicago mother who says she is defying a U.S. deportation order because wants to remain here with her son, who is a U.S. citizen.
The politicians visited immigration activist Elvira Arellano at the Adalberto United Methodist Church, where she and her now 8-year-old son have taken refuge since mid-August. They told Arellano her plight has galvanized Mexico’s multiparty Congress behind a single issue: the reunification of families.”
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