Article: A day in sanctuary How the woman, who has become a symbol of the illegal immigration battle, spends her days one year after seeking refuge in a church.(News)

Byline: Tara Malone

tmalone@@dailyherald.com

She monitors her MySpace page, greeting every new friend.

She sells make-up and skin cream from an Avon catalog.

She designs blouses and jokes as she stitches about creating her own label. The name? Sanctuary.

She helps her son with homework, tends to her Chihuahua and tidies up the bedroom they all share.

So time passes for Elvira Arellano inside these walls.

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