MEXICO CITY: The recently deported illegal migrant and activist who took refuge in a Chicago church for a year, has asked the Mexico's president to appoint her "peace and justice" ambassador so she can return to the United States. Elvira Arellano, 32, who sought refuge to avoid being separated from her U.S.-born, 8-year-old son, was arrested and sent back to Mexico on Aug. 19 after traveling to Los Angeles to attend a rally for the overhaul of U.S. immigration laws. Her son stayed in the United States. "What I'm asking for is a diplomatic visa so that I can be an ambassador for peace and justice because I'm not a terrorist and the United States can't continue treating undocumented migrants as terrorists," Arellano told reporters after meeting with President Felipe Calderon at the presidential residence, Los Pinos. In a news release, the president's office said Arellano asked the Mexican government to help her get a visa so she can enter the United States but it did not mention Arellano's request for a diplomatic appointment. Calderon asked Foreign Secretary Patricia Espinosa to "look into the situation that Mrs. Arellano and her son face and to approach U.S. authorities so that we can respond to (her) request," it said. Arellano became a national symbol for illegal immigrant parents by defying her deportation order and speaking out from Chicago's Adalberto United Methodist Church, where she sought sanctuary with her son on Aug. 15, 2006. On Saturday, hundreds of people marched in Los Angeles in support of Arellano.http://www.iht.com/bin/print.php?id=7296579
Isn’t it customary for an Ambassador to have a working knowledge of the host nation’s language?
2007-08-29 05:26:14 · 11 answers · asked by Untied States Of Latina 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Immigration
The funny thing was - she wasn't an "activist" until she got caught and chased into a church.
Until that time she was just another illegal stealing jobs form Americans ( cleaning at Ohare airport ) stealing identities form Americans and partaking of the usual criminal buffet they gorge themselves upon.
I'd say she need not worry about becoming a goodwill ambassador in America- the whole country is very aware of what her will might be and it's not good.
2007-08-29 05:40:39 · answer #1 · answered by tnfarmgirl 6 · 10⤊ 0⤋
I hope that we shoot her and the rest of the illegals as soon as they get across the border again. She is a criminal who was here illegally and stole SS numbers. Send her worthless kid back. I would round up all the people (illegal and legal) that were supporting her too because they are on their way to help Mexicans by being relocated there permanently.
2007-08-29 06:22:59 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Considering the fact that she was DEPORTED I seriously doubt the US Government would even allow her back in the country as an Ambassador, she is after all persona non grata
2007-08-29 05:45:42 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 7⤊ 0⤋
If she is able to come back here then something is seriously wrong! This lady committed NUMEROUS felonies here..invading a country along with ID THEFT and forging documents. I wonder if she has ever lived her life without breaking laws?
2007-08-29 07:02:25 · answer #4 · answered by Fedup Veteran 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
What's the Spanish word for Chutzpah
2007-08-29 05:39:54 · answer #5 · answered by saywhat 4 · 6⤊ 0⤋
Probably not from mexico, they get special treatment. I won't be giving a dime to any Methodist church.
2007-08-29 05:33:27 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
Thank you, thank you, thank you. This case is NOT dead in the water.
She and the Mexican government have a lot of nerve!!
TO SAYWHAT: Could the word you are look for be ballzzz?
2007-08-29 05:32:20 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
It is customary not to assign inadmissable people as ambassadors to a country.
This is insane.
2007-08-29 09:00:23 · answer #8 · answered by DAR 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
That's actually kinda clever.
2007-08-29 05:50:24 · answer #9 · answered by B.Kevorkian 7 · 1⤊ 4⤋
it doesn't matter to me nor does it affect me at all.
2007-08-29 10:34:36 · answer #10 · answered by rmon 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋