This is about 2hrs. old. It is teason that I.C.E. did not pick her up.
She is now guilty of other crimes against the U.S. by leaving the Chicago ?church?. L.A I.C.E. was not notify by Chicago that she was
on the move. She will now be able to obtain another ID and get lost in the population. Our government is committing teason.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/loca ... ?track=rss
Elvira Arellano, the illegal Mexican immigrant who avoided deportation for a year by taking refuge in a Humboldt Park church, spoke from a different sanctuary today, this time a Los Angeles church blocks from where an immigration march was taking place.
Arellano, who arrived in Los Angeles today, had planned to address demonstrators at the afternoon march but changed her mind. To avoid the possibility of being arrested and to avoid facing detractors, she said, she chose to speak instead from Our Lady Queen of Angels Church.
Arellano's 8-year-old son, Saul, who is a U.S. citizen, traveled to the West Coast separately. He and Emma Lozano, one of Arellano's closest advisers, joined her in Los Angeles and both addressed a small but loud crowd of about 500 in front of City Hall.
Arellano said she chose to come to California because it's where influential politicians, such as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, reside. Arellano said she wants to create a groundswell of activity concerning the immigration reform issue and ask people to put pressure on government leaders.
Arellano slipped out of Adalberto United Methodist Church on the Northwest Side on Thursday night, a day after announcing she would travel to Washington for a prayer vigil and fast on the National Mall.
Arellano's trip to Los Angeles marks the first time in a year she has ventured outside the Humboldt Park church, her friends and supporters say.
Arellano said she felt compelled to leave her sanctuary church in Chicago because she had become frustrated "with my arms crossed" while families like hers were affected by raids and immigration crackdowns.
"We can't just stay there quiet while seeing how all of this is affecting our families," she said in an interview with the Tribune. "We cannot wait until after the elections," to again pick up immigration reform.
She said she plans to visit other churches in the Los Angeles area in the next few days.
aolivo@tribune.com