Elvira Arellano’s Son Accompanied to Houston

Leonor Garza reports in the Houston Chronicle:

The arrest and deportation of single mother Elvira Arellano — who has become a polarizing international figure in the immigration debate — has reinvigorated activists pushing Congress to reform the nation’s immigration laws before the next presidential election, her supporters said during a visit to Houston on Thursday.

Accompanied by the Chicago pastor and wife who are now his guardians, 8-year-old Saul Arellano visited southwest Houston’s Central American Resource Center, or CRECEN, Thursday but did not want to talk to reporters, sitting quietly as activists called for laws that don’t divide families.

“Through her witness, there was a human face to that struggle and she brought the risks of family unity into the midst of the debate,” said the Rev. Walter Coleman, pastor of Chicago’s Adalberto United Methodist Church. Click here for the rest of the story.

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