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Questionable innovator.(LETTERS)(Letter to the editor)
I SUBSCRIBED TO COLORLINES because of my sheer interest in issues of race, social (in)justice and power abuse in the United States. But in opening my first issue (Jan-Feb 2007), I am dismayed to read that among respectable figures like Chris Eyre or Marcia Smith of Firelight Media, you chose Elvira Arellano as one of the "innovators" for 2007. This is appalling.
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Ms. Arellano is neither an "innovator" nor a mover of "big ideas." She is an illegal alien with a documented history of unlawful activity in the United States. Her "innovation" is an old one: give birth in American soil to reclaim citizenship. Ms. Arellano has entered the ...
- Mexican Legislators Will Travel to Chicago to Visit Elvira Arellano.
- Press release article from: PR Newswire February 9, 2007 700+ words
...Chicago to meet with Elvira Arellano, an illegal alien...states, "Actually Elvira Arellano is a testament to...immigration crisis. "Elvira Arellano is also a testament...unwillingness of the United States government to uphold...
- Stop Elvira Arellano's Separation of Family Struggle and Support the March 25th...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire August 30, 2006 700+ words
...years of age, is the son of Elvira Arellano, who has courageously defied...Chicago. Saul, her son, is a United States citizen, who like 3.2 million...in support of Saul Arellano, Elvira Arellano and the March 25th Coalition...
- Sanctuary's human face: Elvira Arellano showed that faith, not self-interest,...
- Magazine article from: Colorlines Magazine Shahani, Aarti January 1, 2008 700+ words
...Court in 1922 Chinese Exclusion Case Ng Fung Ho v. White ELVIRA ARELLANO met with Felipe Calderon in his salon. These household...former, a cleaning lady, had just been deported from the United States after taking sanctuary to evade immigration laws. [ILLUSTRATION...
- Church sanctuary refugee deported to Mexico.(News)(Elvira Arellano)(Brief...
- Magazine article from: The Christian Century September 4, 2007 700+ words
Recently deported Elvira Arellano, whose yearlong sanctuary in a Chicago Methodist church symbolized...said that she envisions little possibility of returning to the United States. "The only thing I can do is stay in Mexico," she said to...
- Diplomáticos Mexicanos Visitan a Elvira Arellano
- Newspaper article from: Extra Tabares, Silvana February 15, 2007 700+ words
...Gobierno Mexicano mostraron su apoyo a Elvira Arellano durante una visita a la Iglesia Metodista...de EEUU suspender la deportacin de Elvira Arellano y respetar los derechos constitucionales...EEUU, Sal. Dijeron que la causa de Elvira Arellano y su hijo es un solo partido en Mxico...
- EDITORIAL: Elvira Arellano and the law.(Editorial)
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) August 17, 2006 700+ words
Aug. 17--Elvira Arellano came to this country from Mexico seeking a better life, but...time for her to abide by that law. WHAT DO YOU THINK? - Should Elvira Arellano be deported or allowed to stay in the U.S.? E-mail us by...
- Elvira Arellano, the illegal immigrant from Mexico who holed up in a Chicago...
- Magazine article from: National Review September 24, 2007 700+ words
Elvira Arellano, the illegal immigrant from Mexico who holed up in a Chicago church for a year, and who has now been deported to her home country...
- Boy: Don't deport Mom: Chicago youth spreads word in S. Florida.
- Newspaper article from: South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, FL) December 16, 2006 700+ words
...being deported. Elvira Arellano argues that her...to stay in the United States without being...records. While Elvira Arellano has remained...traveled across the United States and to Mexico...enforcement insist the United States must become ...
Source: HighBeam Research, Questionable innovator.(LETTERS)(Letter to the editor)