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Elvira Arrellano arrested in LA after taking immigrant rights campaign on tour
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by anonymous Sunday August 19, 2007
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Emergency Alert! Immigrant Activist Elvira Arellano Arrested in Los
Angeles! Your URGENT Support is Needed!
Vigil in Chicago - Monday morning (see details below)
Elvira Arellano, the immigration activist who sought refuge inside a
Chicago church for a year was arrested in Los Angeles this afternoon
after taking her campaign on the road. We need to act quickly to demand her
release! (see below)
National Immigrant Solidarity Network
Immigration activist Arellano arrested
By Antonio Olivo
Chicago Tribune
August 20, 2007
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-elvira_web.1aug20,1,5166191.story?coll=chi_breaking_500
LOS ANGELES—An immigration activist who sought refuge inside a
Chicago church for a year was arrested in Los Angeles this afternoon after
taking her campaign on the road.
Elvira Arellano was arrested about 4:15 p.m. Chicago time by
law-enforcement officials after leaving Our Lady Queen of Angels Church in
downtown Los Angeles, said Emma Lozano, an adviser who was there during the
arrest.
After talking to news media inside the church, Arellano and her
supporters got into their van to head north to San Jose, where she was
scheduled to speak at another church, Lozano said. Moments after they entered
the van, an unmarked vehicle stopped them.
The driver of Arellano's van, Roberto Lopez, poked his head out because
he wanted to see why they were being blocked. Several other unmarked
vehicles surrounded their van.
Agents emerged from all the cars screaming for Arellano to get out,
Lozano said. Her 8-year-old son, Saul, started to cry, and Arellano said
to everyone in the car, "Calm down. Don't have any fear. They can't hurt
me."
Then she turned to the people who were about to arrest her and she
said, "You're going to have to give me a minute with my son," Lozano said.
She spent time with her son in the car, then surrendered.
Arellano was arrested on Main Street, near the church, where she slept
Saturday night and where she's held several press conferences Saturday
and today.
aolivo@tribune.com
Suggest Immediate Actions to Support Her:
1) Call U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) office, demand
them the safety of the Elvira Arellano, no deportation, and demand her
immediately release from the ICE custody.
ICE Field Office Director, Los Angeles
300 North Los Angeles St., Room 7631A
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Phone: 213-830-7911
ICE Headquarters, Director, Office of Detention and Removal Operations
801 I St, NW
Suite 900
Washington, DC 20536
Phone: 202-305-2734
CHICAGO- Monday, August 20, 2007
9AM
Community Response Vigil
Homeland Security Offices
101 W. Congress (corners Congress and Clark)
2) Daily peace vigil at the Los Angeles ICE office until Elvira
Arellano's safe release.
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