Elvira Arellano Revisted

With the U.S. presidential primaries in full swing, it's easy to lose the humanity behind the rhetoric of the policies discussed. Thankfully Colorlines remind us how the struggle continues via one of the living patron santas of the immigration issue, Elvira Arellano. Revisiting her case, that we all know too well, brings up issues of process on both sides of the border. For example, the fact that Elvira never had an immigration hearing , that Mexican President Felipe Calderon refused to grant her a diplomatic visa, and that the presence Elvira's son, Saul, a U.S. citizen, wasn't considered when she was arrested and deported. In that deportation, when Elvira left the sanctuary of a Chicago church, other rules were broken, including the Vienna Convention, which required the U.S. to inform the Mexican government of her arrest and obtain permission to send her back.



Source : Colorlines
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