As Obama arrived in Mexico City, hundreds of people rallied outside the US embassy to call for humane immigration reform in the United States. Leading the protest was Elvira Arellano, who was deported to Mexico in August 2007 following a year of refuge inside a Chicago church. Arellano called on Obama to impose a moratorium on immigration raids.

Elvira Arellano: “We are in solidarity with all those children who are living in fear of being deported together with their parents after raids. Raids continue to occur day after day at 2:00, 3:00 or 5:00 in the morning. There are raids, deportations, and we are asking President Obama to sign an executive order to stop raids and deportations.”