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Three months ago, illegal immigrant Elvira Arellano sought sanctuary in a Chicago Methodist church from deportation. She took refuge in order to remain in the United States to be with her 7 year old son Saul, who is an American citizen. Ms. Arellano claims there's no way she could feed her son in her Mexican homeland. She was convicted of using a phony Social Security number to get a job at O'Hare Airport and is now considered a criminal fugitive.
Supporters, have recently taken her 7 year old son to the White House gates, in order to plead his mother's case. Next, Saul appeared before Mexico's Congress and the lawmakers responded to the boy's pleas, by passing a resolution asking the United States not deport his mother.
Saul Arellano’s newest supporter, New Mexico’s Governor Bill Richardson wrote to President Bush pleading for leniency in the case. Richardson wrote, "The Arellano case puts a spotlight on the danger of not acting on a comprehensive immigration plan. Inaction puts our most vulnerable citizens, the estimated three million American citizen children of illegal immigrants, at risk."
Governor Richardson's letter requested that the President consider granting Elvira Arellano parole to remain in the United States so that Saul would continue to be raised as an American.
Last year, eighty-eight congressional Republicans co-sponsored a bill to deny citizenship to the children of illegal aliens. It died in committee, but the Arellano case has inspire renewed efforts to deny birthright citizenship to children of illegal aliens.
Rev. Walter Coleman of the Adelanto Methodist Church is providing Ms. Arellano sanctuary. He says the U.S. and Mexican governments are responsible because they've essentially maintained an open border. Rev. Coleman insists that both countries have benefited economically, by the exploitation of illegal immigrants.
Our federal government has failed to enforce immigration laws and pushed the social cost onto the taxpayers of local government, schools and healthcare facilities, while the employers of illegal immigrants continue to benefit, from cheap labor, and get away with not paying their fair share of taxes.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials say they have no plans to enter the storefront church to apprehend Elvira Arellano. With nearly 600,000 immigration fugitives in living in this country, ICE has made it very clear that she is very low down on the list.
Supporters, have recently taken her 7 year old son to the White House gates, in order to plead his mother's case. Next, Saul appeared before Mexico's Congress and the lawmakers responded to the boy's pleas, by passing a resolution asking the United States not deport his mother.
Saul Arellano’s newest supporter, New Mexico’s Governor Bill Richardson wrote to President Bush pleading for leniency in the case. Richardson wrote, "The Arellano case puts a spotlight on the danger of not acting on a comprehensive immigration plan. Inaction puts our most vulnerable citizens, the estimated three million American citizen children of illegal immigrants, at risk."
Governor Richardson's letter requested that the President consider granting Elvira Arellano parole to remain in the United States so that Saul would continue to be raised as an American.
Last year, eighty-eight congressional Republicans co-sponsored a bill to deny citizenship to the children of illegal aliens. It died in committee, but the Arellano case has inspire renewed efforts to deny birthright citizenship to children of illegal aliens.
Rev. Walter Coleman of the Adelanto Methodist Church is providing Ms. Arellano sanctuary. He says the U.S. and Mexican governments are responsible because they've essentially maintained an open border. Rev. Coleman insists that both countries have benefited economically, by the exploitation of illegal immigrants.
Our federal government has failed to enforce immigration laws and pushed the social cost onto the taxpayers of local government, schools and healthcare facilities, while the employers of illegal immigrants continue to benefit, from cheap labor, and get away with not paying their fair share of taxes.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials say they have no plans to enter the storefront church to apprehend Elvira Arellano. With nearly 600,000 immigration fugitives in living in this country, ICE has made it very clear that she is very low down on the list.
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