Elvira Arellano, a Mexican illegal immigrant, was arrested and deported this week, sources say. Avellano was facing deportation in 2006 when she sought refuge in a Chicago Church. The 32-year-old mother of one held press conferences from the church pressing for immigration reform. To some Arellano had become a symbol for the immigration rights movement.  According to the Pew Hispanic Center, over 3 million children in the United States have a parent who is here illegally. This means that a child could come home and find that his or her caretaker has been arrested.  Parents and children could be permanently separated if the child is American born and the deported parent decides that the child should stay in the U.S., with relatives who are here legally. Both parent and child miss out on interaction while the child is growing up. The child might only see his or her parent again if upon reaching age 18 the child decides to travel back to family’s home country or if the caretakers of the child choose to travel to that country to visit.