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In a sad and shameful ending, according to the latest report, Elvira Arellano was deported to Mexico just few hours after her arrest by ICE agents at downtown Los Angeles on Sunday afternoon (8/19), at outside Our Lady Queen of Angels Church, where she had been speaking to reporters [see below article from Spanish Newspaper La Opinion]
This is a shameful move from the government to arrest and deport her, this is a clear signal from the government to terrify people who dare to speak up and fight for the injustice.
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Elvira Arellano ya fue deportada a México
Jorge Morales
jorge.morales@laopinion.com 19 de agosto de 2007
http://laopinion.com/ciudad/?rkey=00070819231620753787 La activista pro inmigrante Elvira Arellano ya tocó tierra mexicana.
Hacia las 10 pm fue entregada por los agentes de la Oficina de Control de
Inmigración y Aduanas (ICE) a funcionarios del Instituto de Nacional de
Migración (INM), revelaron a La Opinión fuentes oficiales que pidieron
mantener su nombre en reserva.
El Cónsul de México en SanDiego, California, Luis fue el encargado de
acompañar a Arellano en sus últimos pasos en Estados Unidos, cumplido el
trámite de la deportación.
Como aspecto curioso, dijo la fuente, Arellano no fue deportada por la
puerta en la frontera por donde Inmigración suele entregar a los deportados,
sino que pasó caminando por el acceso utilizado por turistas que pasan al
otro lado de la frontera conocido con el nombre de la ŒGarita de San
Ysidro¹, en la frontera de California con Tijuana.
Mientras tanto, los miembros del Movimiento Santuario a cuyo cargo estaba
Arellano cuando fue arrestada, confirmaron a La Opinión que los congresistas
Luis Gutiérrez y Bobby Rush iniciarán el cabildeo para las leyes privadas
que presentaron ante el Congreso buscando la legalización de Arellano.
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There is an elephant in the room that no one wants to talk about.
Elvira's arrest goes beyond local or immediate politics. This is part of an historical and systematic effort to eradicate any presence of Indigenous-descent people that will make this land "majority non-White."
This is about White Supremacy, alive and well. This is about the elimination of Indigenous-descent people from the largest part of the continent, which Europeans have declared a 'White-Majority Zone".
Mexico and Central America are just large "reservations" where the rules punish and oppress the masses with poverty, enforced ignorance, and political marginalization.
The MinuteKlan are the Western Hemisphere's version of South African Apartheid supporters who wanted "Bantu reserves" to house all the non-White races, so that Europeans can comfrotably plunder the wealth and siphon off the value of their labor.
This is just the continuation of biological genocide, as Elvira has literally been PHYSICALLY REMOVED from existing on this side of the European-imposed border.
We, the Indigenous-descent people of this continent, have the right to be everywhere on our continent.