Thread: Gutierrez arrested outside White House

A Democratic congressman from Illinois was among those arrested outside the White House on Tuesday as they demanded President Obama halt deportations, which have skyrocketed under his watch.

Rep. Luis Gutierrez, a vocal critic of Mr. Obama on immigration policy, said the president is right to blame the Republicans for the stalemate on an immigration bill, but argued that his fellow Illinois Democrat has executive-branch authority he could exercise in the meantime.

“The president says Republicans are blocking immigration reform and he’s right, but it doesn’t get him off the hook,â€

Moving from Other Topics to the News section since this is clearly immigration related.

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