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mmigration activist's son delivers letter to White House

October 3, 2006
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON -- The young son of a woman who has taken refuge in a Chicago church delivered a letter to the White House on Tuesday, hoping to enlist President Bush's help in keeping his mother from being deported to Mexico.

The handwritten letter, which 7-year-old Saul Arellano gave to a White House staffer outside the gates, requested a meeting with Bush to discuss allowing Elvira Arellano to stay in the United States, said Robert Lopez, spokesman for Chicago immigration-rights group Centro Sin Fronteras.

''He was serious about getting this done and making sure he delivered this letter for his mother,'' Lopez said.

Saul Arellano, who is an American citizen, appeared with U.S. Rep. Luis Gutierrez at a meeting of the Hispanic Congressional Caucus Institute earlier Tuesday, then went to the White House with the Chicago Democrat and members of Centro Sin Fronteras.

The boy traveled to Washington with Emma Lozano, executive director of the group, and was scheduled to return Wednesday, Lopez said.

On Aug. 15, Elvira Arellano was supposed to surrender to federal authorities for deportation. Instead, she sought refuge at the Adalberto United Methodist Church in a heavily Latino neighborhood.

On Friday, a federal judge dismissed a lawsuit filed by the pastor of the church on Saul's behalf, which contended the boy's rights would be violated if his mother was deported.
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I'd love to see what the backlash is going to be like if this pig is allowed to stay in the country. Let me get this straight, these clowns wouldn't accept thousands of petitions from American citizens, but would accept the letter of an anchor baby on behalf of his illegal alien mother? If this isn't the ultimate slap in the face to all of us, I don't know what is.