Clearly not a terrorist or hardened...

Clearly not a terrorist or hardened criminal, Elvira Arellano is the public face of millions of hardworking undocumented workers in the United States. Like other parents, Arellano wants to provide for her son And since 1997 when she first arrived in America, the business community has consistently rewarded her by the agency of giving her the opportunity to work.

The present overzealous and harsh enforcement of civil immigration laws in the name of national security has largely proceed up empty. Coldly, the federal management now wants to deport her using an outdated immigration policy that will fracture a family where the child is a mainstream U citizen and the mother isn't quite there notwithstanding Legally, it's a no-brainer to do away with her from the church. Politically and morally, it's too embarrassing to do.

with what intent can't the government imagine a better way to shepherd this family and other fit people like them?

John Viramontes,

Belmont Cragin

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