Gutierrez: My loyalty is to the (illegal)immigrant community

[LawEnforcer]

One day, he will regret those words.

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While many admire his tenacity and credit him with keeping immigration reform alive, others, including members of the Obama administration, believe his confrontational style can be counterproductive. He sees things more simply. [b]“I have only one loyalty,â€

[JAK]

I can't stand this man. Why doesn't he go back to Mexico with those he is loyal to and change that corrupt country ... instead of making ours more corrupt with his corrupt actions...above all IGNORING our laws and trying to play the American people with asking us to have compassion on these illegal aliens!

[Judy]

This man should be censored for this statement, investigated for crimes by the US Congress and removed from his office by the voters of his district. Such a statement by a member of the US Congress rises to the level of betrayal, breach of fiduciary responsibility, admission to illegal vote canvassing, treason and is completely unacceptable.

And someone needs to check the validity of his citizenship, then send his butt a bill for the financial damage his "loyalty" to foreign nationals instead of US citizens has wrought upon the American People and the United States.

It's way past time to hold these traitors like Guiterrez financially accountable for the disaster they have caused in our country.

[Dixie]

I'm glad he confirmed that for us but we already knew where his allegiances are and who he represents.

Dixie

[Newmexican]

Luis Gutierrez is a Chicago Socialist/Marxist. I believe that he wants to be the "hero" of the new majority for his own ambitions.

From the online encyclopedia.

http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics ... list_Party


FROM KIWIKI.org

Luis V. Gutierrez is a former Marxist and Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives, representing the 4th district of Illinois.

Luis Gutiérrez was first elected to office through the efforts of the same "progressive coalition of blacks, Latinos, and whites that brought Harold Washington into power in 1983 as mayor of Chicago"[1].

Early life
Gutiérrez was born in Chicago, Illinois. He received his bachelor of arts degree from Northeastern Illinois University in 1975 and then worked as a teacher and a social worker for ten years. He taught in the public schools of Puerto Rico and Chicago from 1975 to 1977. He was a social worker for the Illinois State Department of Children and Family Services from 1979 to 1983[2].

Washington administration
Luis Gutiérrez worked in the Harold Washington administration from 1984 to 1985 as the administrative assistant for the mayor's subcommittee on infrastructure[3].

PSP member
1980s Chicago mayor Harold Washington's electoral coalition included many members of the Puerto Rican Socialist Party. Luis Gutierrez who became an Alderman under Washington belonged to the Marxist-Leninist Puerto Rican Socialist Party and was able to secure government funds for the PSP sponsored cultural center and for Party sponsored social services and ESL and GELD programs[4].

Congress
Although Gutiérrez rode the Harold Washington wave into the Chicago City Council, it was his alliance with the Richard Daly Jr. machine that gave him backing to enter the U.S. House of Representatives. His first election bid to Congress in 1992 was won decisively with 75 percent of the vote. White voters overwhelmingly voted for Gutiérrez. Known for his powerful oratory, Gutiérrez promised, during the campaign, to remain "close to the people in his district without succumbing to the back rooms of Washington, D.C.[5]"

"Progressive"
When Luis Gutierrez[6]was elected to Congress in 1992, Chicago Democratic Socialists of America regarded it as a "progressive" move;

Progressive forces in Illinois made history November 3 by electing Carol Moseley Braun as the first African-American woman to the U.S. Senate.
"Chicago City Council member Luis Gutierrez was elected the first Latino to the U.S. House of Representatives from the midwest.
Progressive Challenge
Democratic Socialists of America member Bob Roman, wrote of a 1998 Chicago Progressive Challenge meeting attended by Illinois Congressmen Jesse Jackson Jr, Luis Gutierrez and Danny Davis[7];

On the evening of Monday, April 21, the Progressive Challenge came to Chicago. Starting off with a town hall style meeting that brought together about 150 people in the UNITE hall at 333 S. Ashland in Chicago, the meeting was structured to present testimony from representative of various local organizations to local Congressional members of the Progressive Caucus.
DSA was particularly well represented by the testimony of the Youth Section's International Secretary, Daraka Larimore-Hall. Daraka Larimore-Hall gave an impassioned, coherent presentation that linked the various aspects of DSA's agenda with the project at hand.
Congressmen Jesse Jackson, Jr., Luis Gutierrez and Danny Davis attended the meeting...
The Progressive Challenge is an effort to link the Congressional Progressive Caucus with the larger left grass roots network of single issue, constituent, labor and ideological organizations. The Institute for Policy Studies is very much the keystone organization of this project, which has brought together some 40 organizations including DSA, Americans for Democratic Action, United Electrical Workers, NETWORK, National Jobs for All Coalition to name a few. No one of these groups is a major player inside the Beltway, but together they have captured the attention of the Progressive Caucus and contributed to its growth.
Illinois Public Action
In 1995 Luis Guitierrez was a member of the board of directors[8]of Illinois Public Action.

In 1996 members of the 120 strong board[9]of Illinois Public Action included Quentin Young, Congressmen Luis Gutierrez and Lane Evans, Chicago alderman Joe Moore and Peoria alderman Frank McNeil, State Senator Alice Palmer, State Representative Jan Schakowsky and Cook County Clerk David Orr.

Citizen Action of Illinois
In 1997 Luis V. Gutiérrez served on the board of directors of Citizen Action of Illinois.[10]

DSA "recommendation"
When Luis Gutierrez ran for Congress in 1998, Democratic Socialists of America did not officially endorse any candidates but he was "recommended" as worthy of a vote[11]by Chicago DSA-citing his membership of the Congressional Progressive Caucus and his support for Progressive Challenge.

Luis Gutierrez, U.S. House of Representatives, 4th District
Luis Gutierrez is a member of the Progressive Caucus, and a supporter of the Progressive Challenge.
Chicago New Party
In 1998, Luis Gutierrez attended the election night number -crunching when Willie Delgado won Chicago's 35th Ward State Representative seat on the New Party ticket[12].

By this time, most of the results were in. Congressman Gutierrez stood up on a table and told everyone to go to the victory party at Tania's Nightclub, where the results would be announced. In the back room, a group of campaign staffers were crunching the numbers as fast as possible to figure out if Willie had won. Willie himself was sitting in the corner looking nervous. Even withabout 90% of the precincts in, it was still too close to call.
Congressional Progressive Caucus
In 1998 Luis Gutierrez Democrat was listed as a member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus.[13]

As of February 20 2009 Luis Gutierrez was listed as a member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus.[14]

Received Free Upgrades on House
Convicted political fixer Tony Rezko gave U.S. Rep. Luis Gutierrez free upgrades on a riverfront town house after the congressman asked for them, Gutierrez told the FBI in a 2008 interview.

Gutierrez told the FBI that he and his wife had had dinner with Rezko and his wife, and that he told him that the price of the town home had gone up $35,000 in two weeks -- from $399,000 when they first visited a model home to $434,900. Considering that the price had risen, Gutierrez told Rezko he thought he should get some upgrades. The upgrades eventually included an additional bathroom and higher-quality carpeting.

The interview was done in spring 2008. At the time, Rezko was on trial for corruption involving state contracts under then-Gov. Rod Blagojevich. Rezko has been a campaign fund-raiser for Blagojevich as well as Gutierrez.[15]

Obama's Latino Advisory Council
In August 2008 the Obama Campaign announced[16]the formation of its National Latino Advisory Council, highlighting the continued growth of support Senator Obama is receiving in the Latino community nationwide.

According to the campaign, the advisory council is made up of key labor, faith, community leaders, and elected officials from across the country and will serve as an advisory council for the campaign on issues important to the Latino community as well as play an active role reaching out and organizing Latinos in their communities and across the country.
Its members included;

Federico Pena, Chair, National Hispanic Advisory Council, Former Mayor of Denver and Former Secretary of Transportation, National Obama Campaign Co-Chair; 
Geoconda Arguello-Kline, President, Nevada Culinary Workers Union
; Congressman Xavier Becerra; Adolfo Carrion, Bronx Borough President; 
Henry Cisneros, Former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; 
Bishop Wilfredo De Jesus, Vice President of Social Justice, National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference; 
Congressman Charlie Gonzalez;
 Congressman Raul Grijalva
; Congressman Luis Gutierrez; 
Ambassador Luis Lauredo, Former Ambassador to the Organization of American States; 
Patricia Madrid, Former Attorney General of New Mexico; 
Eliseo Medina, Executive Vice President, SEIU 
; Congresswoman Linda Sanchez; Congresswoman Hilda Solis; 
 Congresswoman Nydia Velazquez

Campaign to Make Immigration Reform a Top Issue in 2010
On October 13 2010 , immigration activists from around the country gathered to join in a vigil and rally in front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC., where Congressman Luis V. Gutierrez and other elected officials launched a new push for comprehensive immigration reform, building to the opening months of 2010. their banners read “Reform Immigration FOR Familiesâ€

[Justthefacts]

I can't stand this man. Why doesn't he go back to Mexico with those he is loyal to and change that corrupt country ... instead of making ours more corrupt with his corrupt actions...above all IGNORING our laws and trying to play the American people with asking us to have compassion on these illegal aliens!

He is not a mexican

[Newmexican]

You are right JTF, he is an American of Puerto Rican decent. He is still a power hungry Socialist.

[ReggieMay]

He needs to be removed from office based on that statement alone.

[jamesw62]

Judy, I agree that after reading this comment he too must be removed from office. However the only problem is that his district, in north chicago, has been made special for him and the latinos. its over 90 percent latino.
Look on his website at how the district was formed... its like a capital C in design.

the latinos in the district will never vote him out

[Ratbstard]

Judy, I agree that after reading this comment he too must be removed from office. However the only problem is that his district, in north chicago, has been made special for him and the latinos. its over 90 percent latino.
Look on his website at how the district was formed... its like a capital C in design.

the latinos in the district will never vote him out

This is true for so many in the Hispanic caucus. My rep, Nydia Velazquez, has a district carved out of 3 different boroughs of NYC!