Immigration Activist Deported to Mexico

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From: Adrienne Fong
Date: Aug 20, 2007 12:50 PM
Subject: Immigration Activist Deported to Mexico

Dear Bishop Shamana, and Conf. Board of Church & Society Folks

Just saw this a couple hours ago...don't know if any of you have seen it yet.

The website below is an article from the S.F. Chronicle about the deportation of Elvira Aralleno, the woman who took sanctuary in a United Methodist Church in Chicago.

Look at the comments after the article, the hatred that is conveyed against "illegal immigrants" is appalling.

With Hope,

Adrienne Fong

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2007/08/20/national/a001656D62.DTL&tsp=1

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