Monday, August 20, 2007


"My Country, Mexico"

Disgraceful Methodist Church harbors criminal


Elvira Arellano, an illegal immigrant, who first came to the US illegally in 1997 and, on numerous occasions, was arrested, deported to Mexico and returned again illegally to the U.S., was arrested Sunday afternoon at Our Lady, Queen of Angels Church in Los Angeles.

Arellano was provided sanctuary at Adalberto United Methodist Church in Chicago a year ago until she left there last weekend. Recognizing the possibility of arrest and deportation, Arellano said, in Spanish, ''From the time I took sanctuary the possibility has existed that they arrest me in the place and time they want,. 'I only have two choices. I either go to my country, Mexico, or stay and keep fighting. I decided to stay and fight.'' Yes, that’s right after ten years in the US, Mexico is her country.

Here is the ProConPundit’s position, concisely:
1. Arellano has illegally come into this country several times, has been deported before, and continues to return. She had a child in this country without citizenship or a husband.
2. It is an absolute travesty that Arellano was provided sanctuary f or a year at Adalberto United Methodist Church in Chicago. I am curious as to how the Methodist Sunday school teachers taught the children about right and wrong and the value in telling the truth while this criminal had residence in the church.
3. Her deportation sends a great message that breaking the law is wrong and will not be tolerated.
4. Newspapers throughout this country have done polling on Arellano’s deportation and no less than 85% of anyone who responded believed her arrest and deportation was wholly appropriate.
5. The presidential candidates need to get in touch with the reality of where the American people stand on this issue and, by huge majorities, they do not favor amnesty.
6. Arellano fancies herself as illegal immigration’s answer to Rosa Parks. When Rosa Parks insisted on moving to the front of the bus, everyone was shocked and racists were appalled...but decent people everywhere knew she was right. Arellano is wrong. Her argument is with what she herself describes as "My country, Mexico."

7. If you have a lock on your front door, your position is clear: you favor border security and are against illegal intrusion.

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