A New Elvira Arrellano?

Late last summer, the U.S. government deported Elvira Arrellano after she had spent a year seeking sanctuary in a Chicago church.  Here we go again!

The N.Y. Times reports that a Mexican woman says she is ”picking up the torch” from another Arrellano. Flor Crisostomo, 28, who paid a smuggler to drive her across the U.S. border in 2000, spurned a deportation order Monday and moved into Adalberto United Methodist Church. Crisostomo hopes her actions send a message similar to Elvira Arellano, who became a beacon of hope for millions of undocumented immigrants. Adalberto’s pastor said no one pressured Crisostomo to take sanctuary at the church, which is in a predominantly Latino neighborhood.

KJ