TO: ALL MEDIA
FROM: CENTRO SIN FRONTERAS/LA FAMILIA LATINA UNIDA
Contact: Emma Lozano (773) 671-1798
Or Rev Walter L Coleman (773) 671-1755

PRESS CONFERENCE
THURSDAY, APRIL 5TH,
4:30 P.M.
Adalberto united Methodist Church
2716 W Division St, Chicago, Illinois

ELVIRA ARELLANO BEGINS HUNGER STRIKE:
* The Raids and Deportations and Separations of Families Must Stop Now !
* The Congress and the President must fix the Broken Law and End the Crucifixion of Innocent Children and their Families.

"As I have stayed here in Sanctuary with my U.S. citizen son Saulito for seven months, the Congress and the President have taken no action to fix the broken law. Meanwhile, millions of people live in the shadows and millions of children live in fear of being abandoned. While nothing is done to fix the broken law, the raids and deportations continue to escalate every week..

"I am starting this hunger strike, on the eve of Good Friday, as a prayer that our people will mobilize, that the hearts of the people of this nation will open and that the elected officials will act to preserve our families and the Holy Bond between the children and their mothers and fathers. I pray that not one more family will be separated, not one more child left behind."
--Elvira Arellano

The Press Conference will follow a brief celebration of the Last Supper with families and children facing separation. Elvira Arellano will call on others around the country to join her in the hunger strike and her pastor, Rev. Walter Coleman, who will join her in the hunger strike, will call on religious leaders across the country to stand with her.

Hunger Strike Day 1
On Friday, April 6th, at 10 A.M. Elvira will participate in a brief Good Friday ceremony at the church and send off a delegation who will hold a "Viacrucis" in front of ICE -- Headquarters at Clark and Congress.