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Official: Government won't enter church to arrest Arellano

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By NATHANIEL HERNANDEZ
Associated Press Writer
Published August 18, 2006, 10:56 AM CDT

CHICAGO -- Immigration enforcement officers do not plan to enter a storefront church on the city's West Side where an activist has sought sanctuary since she was scheduled to be deported this week, a government official said Friday.

Elvira Arellano and her 7-year-old son have been living in the Adalberto United Methodist Church since Tuesday when the 31-year-old single mother was supposed to surrender to authorities for deportation to Mexico.

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