The Real Story Behind Elvira Arellano
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Tuesday, August 21, 2007 9:33 AM

The AP headline this morning says, "Immigration Activist Deported to Mexico." It goes on to tell you what a brave cause she struggled for, and made sure to even give you the tear-jerker details on how she left her son behind.
Her 8-year-old son, Saul, is now living with Coleman's family. During a news conference in Los Angeles after Arellano's arrest, the boy hid behind the pastor's wife and wiped away tears.
As sad as that is, its not the real story. So, in case you lose sight of what the real story is, let me remind you...
Arellano, 32, arrived in Washington state illegally in 1997. She was deported to Mexico shortly afterward, but returned and moved to Illinois in 2000, taking a job cleaning planes at O'Hare International Airport.

She was arrested in 2002 at O'Hare and convicted of working under a false Social Security number. She was to surrender to authorities last August but instead sought refuge at the church on Aug. 15, 2006.
Did you catch those important details?

They include false Social Security number, breaking airport security, and evading arrest. I'm not saying this lady is a "dangerous" criminal. But, the fact remains she DID break the law, she DID circumvent our security protocols, and SHE did CHOOSE to enter this country illegally. She did so while aware that deportation could and would eventually happen.

Her story presents what is a clear and present danger to our country and highlights the critical nature of our broken immigration system and unsecured border. The fact that the Liberal puppet masters managed to get to her and use her -- yes, that's right: USE HER -- to promote their left-wing pro-illegal immigration cause is secondary to the real story.

She broke our immigration, security and labor laws. This story is not about America's lack of compassion--it is about avoiding anarchy. It's about living in safety under the rule of law.

In my opinion, our country is in grave danger of seeing the "victim mentality" repeated among the Latino immigrant population that was propagated among the African American community since the 60's. The root of our social unrest is found in the manipulations of the socialist academics and left- wing activists that are using individuals like Elvira Arellano to tug at America's hearts with the help of the typical left-wing media manipulation.



Let's not forget about personal consequences. I'll be the first one to advocate for compassion, but not at the altar of false socialist ideals and certainly not by sacrificing personal consequences.

I am the first one to advocate for an improved legal immigration process, but when an individual chooses out of their own free will to put themselves outside the protection of the law, it is their choice that brings about consequences. Whether the boy stayed in the US with friends, or eventually leaves to be reunited with his mother is his mother's choice -- the government is not to blame in any way.
Arellano has repeatedly called for a stop to immigration raids that break up families with some members who are in the U.S. legally and others illegally.

Well, I'll call myself a "Legal Immigration Activist" and I'm calling on illegal immigrants to STOP the break-up of families in Mexico and Central America -- stay home with your families. I call on Latin American "activistis" to petition to your governments for better economic opportunities for yourself and your children, and respect the immigration laws of your neighbors. I call on Latin American voters to educate yourselves about the candidates that run for positions of power in your city, province and country, and demand integrity and transparency.

How about it Arellano? How about focusing all that "activist" energy at your government? Maybe then we can get some real change.

In the meantime, we'll do what we need to do to protect our citizens and yes, guests like Arellano. Activists like myself will continue to call on our government to build the border fence and to secure the border. We will continue to advocate for severe consequences for employers that intentionally seek to hire outside our nation's laws. We will continue to pressure our congress to provide an effective process through which ethical employer's can properly verify their applicants and effectively comply with our labor laws. And we will continue to call for our government to improve the legal immigration process so that those guests that wisely and legally choose to seek America's hospitality, can do so.