Thread: Son of Deported Immigration Activist Urges Congress to Bring

Son of Deported Immigration Activist Urges Congress to Bring Mom Back to America
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
AP


CHICAGO — American-born 8-year-old Saul Arellano, who took refuge in a Chicago church with his mother to avoid her deportation, lobbied Congress Wednesday to help bring her back to the United States.

Elvira Arellano, an illegal immigrant from Mexico, was deported last month when she left the church where she lived with her son for a year to avoid a deportation order.

Saul Arellano led about 150 pro-immigration activists and children through the halls of Congress carrying a sign "Born in the U.S.A. Don't take our moms and dads away." Capitol Hill Police arrested two activists for disorderly conduct.

Elvira Arellano emerged as a leading voice — albeit a controversial one — in the fight for the legalization of Mexicans seeking U.S. citizenship. Arellano took this position as she intentionally evaded capture from federal agents who first deported her in 1997, then arrested her in Chicago five years ago for stealing a Social Security number to get a job.

"Elvira has really been a terrible poster child for this cause; she broke into this country twice. she stole American jobs. She stole identities," said Rosanna Pulido, spokeswoman for the American Hispanics Against Illegal Immigration.

Despite Elvira Arellano's deportation last month when she left the church to attend an immigration rally in Los Angeles, her cause continues to be championed by her son, who remains in the United States with his godmother.

"We need to stop this madness. This hate ... We all want to be here. We all want our families to stay together. And there is really no reason why this can't happen," said Emma Lozano, Saul Arellano's godmother.

Anti-illegal immigration activists say the boy is being exploited for a wrong-headed cause: the legalization of some 12 million illegal immigrants.

"He's being sacrificed. What are the ramifications of using him as a human shield?" Pulido asked.

When supporters of Saul Arellano led the boy to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's congressional office to deliver a letter, he was clearly overcome by the noise and crush of people and cameras.

Elvira Arellano has insisted her son wants to take part in the immigration battle, that no one is taking advantage of him.

Elvira Arellano spoke to FOX News by phone in Mexico, responding to Latinos who say she has set back the immigration movement after breaking the law twice.

"It's only people who are ignorant who ignore the situation. I didn't have the opportunity to come legally. If I had the opportunity to come legally, I would have accepted it," she said.

Anti-immigration activists say, ironically, Elvira Arellano has helped "their" cause, by drawing attention to how some immigrants break laws to stay in the United States.

Meanwhile, Elvira says her son will move to Mexico and start schools next month. Together, she vows they'll continue their immigration crusade, but from the other side of the border.

FOX News' Jeff Goldblatt contributed to this report.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,296621,00.html

Saul is a Mexican Citizen.

It's about time you took care of your child Elvira! You should never have left him behind. Never. I think that's terrible what she has done to Saul and anyone else that did this to him should be ashamed of themselves.

I bet this child has been terribly unhappy, through all of this. Being drug around part of this dog and pony show.

Dixie

This lady should rechannel her misplaced anger at the U.S. onto her country's corrupt government and Mexican elite who abuse their own people.

Elvira just wants to be on TV, she doesn't care about her kid or other illegals.

WooHOo!! I'm so happy to be rid of her and her anchor brat...there's an old saying around here, "just because the cat had kittens in the oven, dosn't make it a biscuit" (just because illegals have anchor brats here, don't make them Americans)

September 13, 2007


By Julia Duin - An 8-year-old boy led 200 chanting, singing immigration activists to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office yesterday armed with a letter begging the California Democrat to move quickly to stop deportations.

Saul Arellano, the son of recently deported illegal alien Elvira Arellano, has emerged as a leading icon in the immigration movement. Miss Arellano had promised to come to the District yesterday for an immigration-reform prayer vigil before being sent back to Mexico on Aug. 19.

But Saul, dressed in jeans and a blue-and-red sports shirt, showed up in her place. Accompanied by several TV cameras and a statue of Our Lady of Guadalupe, he marched through the halls of the Cannon House Office Building to reach Mrs. Pelosi's quarters on the second floor.

Once at the speaker's office, Saul ran into a problem: Mrs. Pelosi's office already was occupied by about 40 antiwar protesters who weren't budging. The bewildered child stopped in his tracks while immigration activists clustered around him. A security guard inside the speaker's office shut the door.

The immigration activists began shouting "Born in the USA," and, in Spanish, "We feel Elvira is present." The protesters inside the office picked up the chants, and six police officers quickly arrived with a bag of plastic handcuffs.

Meanwhile, Emma Lozano, a Chicago activist with Latino Families United, had produced a roll of Scotch tape and affixed the letter — along with a Spanish translation — to the door. Then, taking Saul by one hand, she pulled him away from the door, the cameras and the crowd.

It's not clear whether Mrs. Pelosi will actually see the letter. A few minutes after the crowd dispersed for a prayer vigil on the west side of the Capitol, an aide removed it from the door. Drew Hammil, a Pelosi spokeswoman, said the speaker was in Portland, Ore., yesterday.

Mrs. Lozano said Saul will be returning to Mexico today, where he will attend school and live with his mother. Miss Arellano had lived at Adalberto Methodist Church in west Chicago as a fugitive before secretly driving to California for immigration rallies there. She was arrested in Los Angeles and subsequently deported.

At a press conference yesterday, which was organized by Chicago-based Pueblo Sin Fronteras (People Without Borders), Miss Arellano was compared to civil rights activists such as Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King, as well as slavery abolitionist Harriet Tubman.

"She will be in the pages of history as a heroine," Mrs. Lozano said. Mrs. Lozano's husband, Adalberto Methodist Church pastor the Rev. Walter Coleman, invoked Miss Arellano's name in a prayer for the gathering. Addressing God, the minister labeled the deported woman "a messenger like others You have sent through the centuries."

The rally was one of several across the country yesterday on behalf of Miss Arellano. Saul and about a dozen children with him at the Capitol Hill event chanted, "Born in the USA; don't take my mommy and my daddy away," referring to the plight of American-born children of deported parents.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/article/ ... 30068/1002

The rally was one of several across the country yesterday on behalf of Miss Arellano. Saul and about a dozen children with him at the Capitol Hill event chanted, "Born in the USA; don't take my mommy and my daddy away," referring to the plight of American-born children of deported parents.

Saul has no idea who his daddy is and Elvira probably doesn't either. As a matter of fact, the first thing they have to do is deny they know where the sperm donor is in order to get welfare, link cards and Section 8. In light of the fact that the 14th amendment technically does not grant them citizenship since their "mothers" are illegal aliens NOT UNDER THE JURISIDICTION OF THE US, why are they even protesting in the US?

This kid is no Elian Gonzalez. And look what happened to him.

Elvira has really been a terrible poster child for this cause; she broke into this country twice. she stole American jobs. She stole identities," said Rosanna Pulido, spokeswoman for the American Hispanics Against Illegal Immigration

Rosanna Pulido is 100% correct! I would be EMBARRASSED to be associated with any campaign that had to do with Elvira.