Update Natalee Holloway

I've received  report that Natalee's mother is at the search site and has been seen crrying - one Aruban authority was overheard to have pronounced the case resolved.

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[Teo]

Right now , go to http://www.arubadag.com and click on TOP FM 95 for BREAKING NEWS, if Top FM won't come up, you can try the other stations, but I recommend Top FM 95

Teo
PS: They are digging at the area of Marriot Hotel right now.

[Teo]

Up till now, they did not find anything yet. Dogs could not find anything, I am still listning to TOP 95, you can acces this radio and other ones at the upper right menu on the Arubadag Website http://www.arubadag.com

[shelby]

she has to be still out their somewere why would some human want to endanger her life she don't deserve this but if something did happen we should let her rest in peace...

[Teo]

Morning news has just started at different radio stations. You can acces them at www.arubadag.com

We recommend Top FM 95, they have to most recent news and bringing out every litlle bit of information, even if it is just a rumour.

[hobo]

For what it's worth:

Subsequent DNA tests in the Duke rape case resulted in zilch to nail the players. The test did say that the woman had sex with someone that night, but the test ruled out the accused/s.

[hobo]

Been a year now, since Natalee came up missing. Lots of things gone by and ideas tossed here and there. Must be hard on Beth; I know Nats loss has affected a lot of people, too. I hope her case NEVER closes.

God bless you, Natalee, wherever you are.

the hobo

[hobo]

You just have to pull up this link about the Mexican woman holing up on a Chicago church to avoid deportation. With this background, it could be a little easy to sympathasize with her, but with the full story from the Sun, her whole history is exposed and showshow easily the lib turds are being led around by their nose.

http://suntimes.com/output/mitchell/cst-nws-mitch22.html

[hobo]

Worth reading to keep informed:

Mexican mom defies deportation in bold US immigration standoff by Louise Daly
Sun Aug 27, 3:56 PM ET

CHICAGO (AFP) - On the face of it, Elvira Arellano seems an unlikely fugitive from justice. But the illegal immigrant is in standoff mode, deftly using the media and sensitive issues such as faith, parenting and culture to try to win the right to stay in the United States.

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A study in pink, the 31-year-old Mexican mom appears relaxed, if preoccupied, chatting on her cell phone in a shabby storefront church.

A handful of supporters and hangers-on chat quietly in the surrounding pews as Arellano submits to yet another media interview, while in a back room an industrious young man cranks out badges of Arellano and her son with the slogan: "Moratorium Now."

For the past 12 days the sometime cleaning worker has been at the center of a firestorm that has made headlines across the United States.

It began on August 15, when Arellano sought sanctuary in this community church rather than surrender to US immigration authorities to be deported back to her native Mexico.

And it shows no sign of ending any time soon.

Officials with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Chicago say they have no plans to raid the church where Arellano and her seven-year-old son Saul are holed up.

Still, the stress is wearing on the young Mexican.

"It's been pretty difficult. I draw comfort from the people who drop in to pray for me and reassure me," said a wan and weary Arellano. "But I don't know how it will end."

With no legal remedies left to speak of, the 31-year-old has fought a shrewd public relations battle against her deportation, portraying herself as a modern-day civil rights activist in the vein of Rosa Parks, the black seamstress whose act of defiance triggered the Montgomery Bus Boycott, and ushered in a new chapter in the struggle against segregation.

"The immigration system is broken. Even President (George W.) Bush recognizes that. If I could have come here legally, I would have, but I didn't have that option," she argued.

She has also played the society card, arguing that by deporting her, US authorities would be tearing her son away from the only culture and society he has ever known.

"He won't have the same opportunities in Mexico. He will lose his language," she said.

Arellano has become a poster child in a city which has seen more than 400,000 people march for comprehensive immigration reform.

"Her plight highlights the problems with the system," said Deborah Notkin, past president of the American Immigration Lawyers Association.

"The American economy needs the cheap labor force that these illegal immigrants provide, but Washington won't find a way for these people to work here safely and legally.

"It's an unworkable situation."

Arellano's arguments cut little ice with right-wing immigration activists such as John Keeley, director of communications at the Center for Immigration Studies in Washington.

"She's a serial offender who has brazenly broken our laws. Why should she be rewarded?" he asked.

In addition to illegally sneaking into the United States, Arellano was also convicted of using fake papers to get a cleaning job at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport.

Arellano's dilemma and her standoff with authorities has pitch-forked her into the heart of the rancorous debate over proposed US immigration reform -- an issue which triggered massive grassroots demonstrations this year, and is being hotly debated in Washington ahead of November's congressional elections.

The Bush administration is pressing for a package of comprehensive immigration reforms that would go some way to remedying the black market in immigrant labor by providing for a guest worker program and a mechanism to allow some of the nation's estimated 12 million illegal immigrants to earn US citizenship.

The US Senate has approved a bill that would deliver on those objectives, in addition to beefing up border enforcement, but a dueling bill passed by the US House of Representatives takes a much tougher line.

The House legislation would expand a fence along the US-Mexico border, make unlawful presence in the United States a felony and crack down on employers who hire illegal immigrants.

But many congressional watchers are skeptical that the two chambers will work out a compromise deal this year, in part because they believe some House Republicans hope to use immigration as a wedge issue in the November elections to help them to turn out a part of their base.

Meanwhile back in Chicago, Arellano's supporters have been frantically exploring other avenues to keep her in the United States.

A Chicago lawyer filed a civil suit on behalf of Arellano's son Saul in US district court here Thursday, seeking to block the deportation of his mother.

On a second front, Illinois congressman Luis Gutierrez petitioned the White House to intervene to stop Arellano from being deported to allow him time to introduce a private bill with a view to securing a visa to allow her to stay.

But legal experts who have followed the case doubt these last-minute interventions will yield results.

"I don't think she has any legal remedies left at this stage. She's in a very difficult and desperate situation," said Steven Lubet, a law professor at Northwestern University in Chicago.

[hobo]

As of this date, Arellano has had three extensions on her stay while appeals have been made. Barak Obama and Gutierrez are two politicians who have helped her with the extensions, but had to finally recognize that there are over 660,000 other immigration cases nationwide that need special legislation. She asked that a special bill be passed on her behalf to allow her to stay in the US. She is strongly playing the 'stay in the US to avoid breaking up the family card' then she sends her son to Florida to take part in one of the protests and recently he missed eight days of school taking part in other demonstrations. She has been in the US for eight years and wants to live the American Dream but still speaks no English, only Spanish. So far, she has racked up three felonies, been deported once and sneaked back in, used false Social Security numbers to gain benefits, and claims that if she is deported, it will break up her family. She admits she doesn't know the father which is no surprise. Illegals slipping over the border commonly get pregnant as quickly as possible to have a kid that automatically becomes a US citizen, then cries foul when the government tries to deport them. There are more than one story in the Chicago Sun about her and the drama continues.

[hobo]

Update on Elvira Arellano, the woman in the last post: she left the Chicago Church, arrogantly thinking she could to LA to lobby for immigration with impunity was taken into custody and deported to Mexico. She said she was going to lobby some US Reps for her cause; could be that the ones who, unknown of her past tried to help her and were embarrassed to find they were duped. It took eight months to deport her; a three time felon, admitted forger and who made false statements to gain a SSA card. Should have given her a hat that said "(not) born in the USA". Good riddance