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March 19, 2014

Undocumented Immigrant Who Hid in Church Basement Re-Enters U.S. 
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Dozens of people crossed the Mexican border into California Tuesday in
the latest such action by immigrants challenging the Obama
administration's record deportations. The crossing was led by Elvira
Arellano, a woman who made national headlines when she spent a year
inside a Chicago church with her son, seeking refuge from deportation.
She was deported in 2007. Arellano re-entered the U.S. on Tuesday with
her two children and was taken into detention. Many participants in the
protest were young people known as "DREAMers" brought to the United
States as children.