Mother’s plight thrusts 8-year-old into immigration spotlight - Saul Arellano

“An 8-year-old boy has become a star attraction at pro-immigration events since his mother took refuge in a Chicago church before she was deported to Mexico.

Now, even some inside the immigration movement are questioning whether Saul Arellano is being exploited.

“It’s almost like an act of desperation on our part. Why is it that we need to depend upon a child?” said Armando Navarro, coordinator of the National Alliance for Human Rights, an umbrella organization for Hispanic groups in Southern California.”

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