[mgj-discuss] URGENT: Immigrant Activist Elvira Arellano Arrested in Los Angeles!

[Ruth Castel-Branco]

Dear All,
Please spread far and wide.

Emergency Alert! Immigrant Activist Elvira Arellano Arrested in Los
 > Angeles! Your URGENT Support is Needed!
 >
 > 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 at 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


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Ruth Castel-Branco
(p) 202.489.2273
(e) ruthcastelbranco at gmail.com



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