Elvira Arellano: Mother, Ambassador and Criminal

Elvira Arellano was deported last month after receiving sanctuary from a church in Chicago for the past year. Her crimes: illegally entering the U.S., getting caught and deported, entering illegally again, stealing the social security number and I.D. of an American citizen, getting a job at O'Hare International Airport working in a secure area and having an anchor baby. She was caught up in "Operation Chicagoland Skies", a federal sting to root out terrorist. After being convicted of her federal crimes she skipped her deportation hearing and became a fugitive, thus holing up in the church for a year.

She is pressing Mexican President Calderon to name her "peace and justice ambassador" so she can enter the U.S. again where she chose to abandon her 8 year old son. She does have the qualifications for the job-- her resume is in the preceding paragraph speaks for itself. Pleading her case to the press she states:

"What I'm asking for is a diplomatic visa so that I can be an ambassador for peace and justice because I'm not a terrorist and the United States can't continue treating undocumented migrants as terrorists," Arellano told reporters after meeting with President Felipe Calderon at the presidential residence, Los Pinos.

Arellano said she would not back down from her request and was angered that Mexico was seeking a U.S. visa, adding that the Mexican government should not have to ask permission to send her north of the border.

"I'm not asking for any visa," she said. "I want a diplomatic post as ambassador of peace and justice, and I won't accept anything less."

There is no reason Calderon would not give her bizarre request credence. He made this statement in his state of the nation address last week, "Mexico does not end at its borders. ... Where there is a Mexican, there is Mexico." He asked Foreign Secretary Patricia Espinosa to "look into the situation that Mrs. Arellano and her son face and to approach U.S. authorities so that we can respond to her request." The Mexican government said it is talking with U.S. officials about whether a deported illegal entrant and activist could return to the United States. Mexican Foreign Secretary Patricia Espinosa said she approached U.S. authorities on Arellano's behalf after the 32-year-old activist asked Mexican President Felipe Calderon to help her return to the United States legally as a "peace and justice" ambassador.

What Calderon and Elvira are obviously counting on is Bush's affinity towards illegal aliens-- especially from Mexico. If she is given a diplomatic passport from Mexico, Bush would probably push for its approval. Once she receives diplomatic status, there is a good probability of her ending up with a cabinet position in the White House as Secretary of the newly created Department of Peace and Justice. If she plays her cards right, she could be made "peace and justice" Czar.

Even though Elvira Arellano was convicted and deported, she is still able to continue to abuse her son and use him as a pawn for her cause from across the border. This week she had her son paraded around Washington D.C. carrying a banner that read, "Born in the USA: Don't Take Our Dads and Moms Away." The group that had him on parade made their way to Nancy Pelosi's office with a crew of television cameras in tow. Unfortunately Pelosi's office was already packed with anti-war protesters so they resorted to taping two letters to Pelosi's door, one in English and one in Spanish, telling her, "If Democrats expect our support in the next election, the Democrats must support us now." The activists then proceeded to clash with police outside the office of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, chanting and shouting for her to lead on immigration reform. Nancy Pelosi was in Portland, Or. The activists accompanying him compared his mother to Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King. Using Elvira Arellano's name in the same sentence as Martin Luther King and Rosa Parks should be considered nothing short of blasphemy to the Black Community. King and Parks were arrested for civil disobedience to further their cause. Elvira was arrested and convicted for identity theft and breaking federal law. The connection between stealing someone's social security number and identification then proceeding to break federal laws with it to further the cause of 14 million law breakers escapes me. The mother of the year/pseudo peace and justice ambassador/legal scholar/Mensa candidate/full time loon had this to add:

"He is a boy who has been suffering because the U.S. government told his mother she couldn't stay in their country anymore because she was undocumented," she said.

This criminal could not be any more delusional or pathetic. Her son is suffering because his mother broke several federal laws and was caught up in a federal terrorist sting, and rightly so. The most serious being a felony for stealing someone's social security number and assuming their identity. She crossed the border twice knowing she was breaking the law. She knew her actions were illegal and she was not just considered "undocumented" as she states. She was documented, a documented criminal according to the courts. Her son is suffering much more than the son of an American citizen would be suffering if their mother had broken laws and was sent to prison. He is suffering more because he is being exploited and abused by his mother, illegal alien activist groups and anyone else who thinks the sad face of an 8 year old boy can further their agenda. He is being parading around as the face of the illegal's plight rather than being in school where any other 8 year old should be. That is the suffering.