August 20, 2007
Illegal alien exits sanctuary, is arrested

Associated Press

LOS ANGELES -- An illegal alien who stayed in a Chicago church for a year to avoid separation from her 8-year-old son, a U.S. citizen (ANCHOR BABY), was arrested yesterday and was being processed for deportation.

Elvira Arellano, who arrived in Los Angeles on Saturday after leaving her sanctuary to campaign for immigration reform, was arrested outside Our Lady Queen of Angels Catholic Church, where she was speaking to reporters, said the Rev. Walter Coleman, pastor of Adalberto United Methodist Church in Chicago, in which she sought sanctuary.

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Posted by tyne at August 20, 2007
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