Luis Gutierrez
Luis Gutierrez
Luis Vicente Gutiérrezis an American politician and the U.S. Representative for Illinois's 4th congressional district, serving since 1993. From 1986 until his election to Congress, he served as a member of the Chicago City Council representing the 26th ward. He is a member of the Democratic Party and the Congressional Progressive Caucus. He is recognized as the "national leader on comprehensive immigration reform." In the 113th Congress, with his 20 years of service, Gutiérrez became the longest serving member of...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth10 December 1953
CountryUnited States of America
The underlying part of any comprehensive immigration bill is family unit.
It is so difficult to, day in and day out, hear these incredibly painful stories of the destructive nature of our broken immigration system.
I will argue until my last breath for a pathway to citizenship that is quick and efficient because I want to end this chapter. I want to end it...But let me say, conversely, I am as committed as any Republican to ending illegal immigration as we know it...They want to end it. So do I.
The Congress talks and talks and talks and talks, but doesn't act. I'm going to continue to work with my colleagues on the other side of the aisle to bring about comprehensive immigration reform.
I have only one loyalty and that's to the immigrant community.
Mr. Speaker, our Nation depends on immigrants' labor, and I hope we can create an immigration system as dependable as they are.
That's unbelievable, ... It's unexpected. I thought they were just going to tell us, 'Look for another job.'
From a public policy point of view, it worries me that computer whizzes have more value and dignity than a person who cleans toilets or is a gardener,
I got seven text messages on the rallies the first two days alone, even though I didn't go to any of them.
There is so much talk in this Congress about family values,
There is a big split. We are just encouraging people to do whatever makes them feel comfortable -- but to participate in some way.
We watched the U.S. citizenship immigration services web site in March. They had six million, two hundred thousand hits, and two million people downloaded applications for citizenship. So what we're doing is attempting to help people in that process.
They want nothing other than that, and to remain together.
That is unfair, it is unwise, it is undemocratic, it is un-American to do such a thing, to impose,