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Text of letter from 7-year-old to President Bush

By The Associated Press
Published October 3, 2006, 3:20 PM CDT


Seven-year-old Saul Arellano delivered a handwritten note to a White House staffer on Tuesday, hoping to enlist President Bush's help in keeping his mother from being deported to Mexico. The following is the text of the letter:



Dear President Bush,



I, Saul Arellano, age 7, an American Citizen, do now formally request a meeting with you. I request that you grant safe passage for my mother, Elvira Arellano, so that she can be with me at this meeting and can return safely to our church. I request also that our pastor, Rev Walter Coleman and his wife, Emma Lozano, and my congressmen Luis Gutierrez and Bobby Rush, and Rafael Pulido and Abel Uribe and my friend Daysha DelValle also be present at this meeting.

I want to tell you why I believe my mother should be allowed to stay with me in my country. I want to tell you also that there are more than 3 million children like me. We are U.S. Citizens but the government is taking away our mothers and fathers.

Saul Arellano

Citizen



Source: Centro Sin Fronteras