AFP
CHICAGO, Illinois -- On the face of it, Elvira Arellano seems an unlikely fugitive from justice. But the illegal immigrant is in standoff mode, deftly using the media and sensitive issues such as faith, parenting and culture to try to win the right to stay in the United States.
A study in pink, the 31-year-old Mexican mom appears relaxed, if preoccupied, chatting on her cell phone in a shabby storefront church.
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Officials with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Chicago say they have no plans to raid the church where Arellano and her seven-year-old son Saul are holed up.
Posted by tyne at August 28, 2006