Thread: Gutierrez vows to push for major immigration reform(amnesty)

Please make some calls to your Reps:
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Illinois congressman vows to push for major immigration reform

12:00 AM CST on Friday, December 5, 2008
By JOHN RILEY / The Dallas Morning News
jriley@ dallasnews.com

WASHINGTON – Flanked by hundreds of immigrants and their family members, an Illinois congressman called for a halt Thursday to immigration raids and vowed to push for a comprehensive overhaul that President-elect Barack Obama can sign into law.

Democratic Rep. Luis Gutierrez of Chicago, the House sponsor of a 2007 bill that failed, told a crowd of more than 200 on Capitol Hill that he would work to ensure that Mr. Obama follows through on his campaign promise to sign an immigration overhaul in the first year of his presidency.

"We have a new president of the United States who has made a very clear commitment to immigration reform," Mr. Gutierrez said. "We're not going to rest on the laurels of the election."

Mr. Gutierrez said workplace raids that separate families must stop and that he is trying to build momentum for immigration change in the House, where he believes a bill can be passed more easily than in the Senate.

Rep. Joe Baca, D-Calif., chairman of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, said he hopes to meet with the president-elect before the new session of Congress to discuss a comprehensive reform and urge Mr. Obama to stop workforce raids through an executive order.

Mr. Baca said a moratorium would make illegal immigrants more likely to "come out of the shadows" and be active community participants because it would reduce the fear of deportation. Immigration officials and supporters of the current strategy say it has helped reduce illegal immigration and held employers accountable.

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent ... 82527.html

Democratic Rep. Luis Gutierrez of Chicago would be much suited to work in South America as a bean farmer than a US Rep.

Mr. Baca said a moratorium would make illegal immigrants more likely to "come out of the shadows" and be active community participants because it would reduce the fear of deportation

Gag me.

His calls for a meeting with Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the Hispanic Caucus were outlined yesterday on a C Span segment with Community Organizers demanding stops to immigration raids.

Psalm 97

"Flanked by Hundreds of immigrants" (200)

Luis Gutierrez is one of the dumbest congressmen to ever set foot in our capitol. Include Pelsoi in that statement please!

WERE IN A RESSION STUPID!!!

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Great comments....Buzzm1 is all over the internet with his statisitic's, busy little guy....good for Him/her

I read through them all Jean. Some very good points.

Luke 2 (The birth of Jesus)

A good point to hammer home in your calls is that 533,000 jobs were slashed by employers in November alone, the fastest pace in 34 years! Now is certainly NOT the time to be talking about a mass amnesty. Needles to say, Gutierrez is incredibly insensitive to the plight of America workers.

Here's Obama saying this massive job loss, more than expected, shows an "urgent" need for action. Well, one action that is not needed for the protection of jobs for American workers is amnesty:

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid= ... refer=home

Populist wrote

Needles to say, Gutierrez is incredibly insensitive to the plight of America workers.

Gutierrez is a racist big time and needs to be voted out. I hope Illinois can get their act together in regard to this puke.