Immigrant Taking Refuge In Church Will Be Arrested, Feds Say

Carolyn Hileman* | February 1, 2008

Filed Under Crime Criminals Justice, Immigration

CHICAGO (STNG) - A 28-year-old illegal immigrant who has taken refuge in the same Humboldt Park church where Elvira Arellano sought sanctuary from the law for a year will be considered an immigration fugitive if she does not leave the country Monday night will be subject to arrest, federal authorities say. In defiance of a deportation order, Flor Crisostomo began her “sanctuary” today, confining herself indefinitely inside Adalberto United Methodist Church at 2716 W. Division. She will stay in the church’s second-floor living quarters. She was due to surrender to federal authorities Monday. Crisostomo sat quietly among several dozen parishioners during a service Sunday as the Rev. Walter Coleman rallied his congregation around her.

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