Chicago church to shelter another illegal

CHICAGO, Jan. 28 (UPI) -- A tiny Chicago church that sheltered an illegal immigrant for a year has offered sanctuary to another woman facing deportation to Mexico.

Flor Crisostomo, 28, who was arrested two years ago in a raid on the Chicago firm where she worked, was ordered to report to federal authorities Monday for deportation, the Chicago Tribune reported.

Instead, Crisostomo on Sunday entered Adalberto United Methodist Church to pray and consider her options. Church leaders said she planned to follow the lead of Elvira Arellano who lived at the church for 12 months before being arrested in Los Angeles and deported.

Her attorney planned to provide officials with a letter Monday indicating her decision to remain in the United States illegally, an act she describes civil disobedience.

A mother of three, Crisostomo left one of Mexico's poorest states and entered the United States by crossing the Arizona border. She reached Chicago in 2001 and found work loading pallets at a logistics service provider that specializes in reusable plastic containers.