ICE ARRESTS & DEPORTS ELVIRA ARRELLANO, MOTHER WHO LIVED ONE YEAR IN CHICAGO CHURCH SANCTUARY

Doesn't ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) have anything better to do than chase after and arrest Elvira Arrellano, the mother of the six-year old, who has spent the last year in a church sanctuary in Chicago? Apparently not. The immmigration police no doubt have arrested all the criminals and felons, and so now they devote their time to picking up mothers who simply want to live in peace and provide food for their families.

Writes the BBC:

"A Mexican woman whose fight to stay in the US with her US-born son attracted national attention has been sent back to Mexico as an illegal immigrant. Elvira Arellano was arrested in Los Angeles on Sunday afternoon and deported several hours later . . . "

"She became a prominent figure after taking refuge in a Chicago church for a year to avoid being separated from eight-year-old Saul, a US citizen . . .

"Ms Arellano took refuge in the Adalberto United Methodist Church in Chicago last August, defying a deportation order.

"But this weekend she left the church to travel to Los Angeles to back calls for immigration reform.

"On Saturday, Ms Arellano had said she was not afraid of being arrested by US immigration officials.

""From the time I took sanctuary the possibility has existed that they arrest me in the place and time they want," she said.

""I only have two choices. I either go to my country, Mexico, or stay and keep fighting. I decided to stay and fight.""