Gutierrez Heads to Arizona to Fight Immigration Bill
Friday, April 23, 2010 at 4:34 pm
Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.) has announced that he will travel to Phoenix to oppose Arizona Senate bill 1070 at a rally at the State Capitol this Sunday.
From a statement he released today:
I am going there to let the people of Arizona know that they are not alone in fighting against bigotry and hatred and thousands will join me this weekend at the State Capitol. [...]
I call on all justice loving Americans to join us in Phoenix. Join us in denouncing this law, join us in calling for its veto, and join us in standing up against hatred when people paint all immigrants and all Latinos as criminals. In so doing, we will be living by a fundamental truth articulated by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., that injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We need to take a stand.
While many immigration activists are applauding his stand on Arizona’s bill, critics are saying he should mind his own business. From a Medill Reports article:
Closer to home, Gutierrez’s critics say it’s not his place to intervene in Arizona lawmaking.
“He should mind his own business,” said Rick Biesada, director of the Chicago Minutemen Project. “He should take care of his own constituents in Illinois. Why would he be concerned with Arizona?”
Others have gone further, claiming that the immigration policy Gutierrez advocates undermines U.S. sovereignty and amounts to thinly-veiled amnesty for undocumented immigrants.
“Luis Gutierrez is the poster boy for illegal immigration,” said Dave Gorak, executive director of Midwest Coalition to Reduce Immigration. “Gutierrez represents the interests of those who stop at nothing to prevent our government from enforcing its own immigration laws.”
Republican Governor Jan Brewer has to decide to sign or veto the bill by tomorrow afternoon — if she does neither, it will become law.
Update: Brewer just signed the bill into law.
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Comment posted April 24, 2010 @ 9:55 am
Gutierrez is simply trying to hold the door open for more of his fellow countrymen.rather than defend his nation against invasions.This shows why this law is needed, To stop those who wood stop at nothing to prevent the the government from enforcing its laws. Gutierrez will not be happy until we open our borders and allow the whole world in.
Comment posted April 24, 2010 @ 6:20 pm
STOP THE INVASION
Our Southwest Border
In the last 23 years, since the 1986, Reagan, one-time amnesty, over 27 million illegals have been apprehended, as they crossed the border into our United States.
UNITED STATES BORDER APPREHENSIONS (Source DHS/CBP)
1987–1,190,488——1995–1,394,554——2003—-931,557
1988–1,008,145——1996–1,649,986——2004–1,160,395
1989—-954,243——1997–1,412,953——2005–1,189,075
1990–1,169,939——1998–1,555,776——2006–1,089,902
1991–1,197,875——1999–1,579,010——2007—-876,704
1992–1,258,482——2000–1,676,438——2008—-723,825
1993–1,327,259——2001–1,266,213——2009—-556,041
1994–1,094,717——2002—-955,310——2010—-beg. 10/01/09
UNFORTUNATELY, far less than half of illegals are apprehended at the border. Before the recent addition (over the last two years) of 10,000 Border Patrol agents, and 322 miles of fence, and 304 miles of vehicle barriers, only 32 miles double-layered, it was estimated, by the border patrol agents, that less than 1, out of 7, illegals, were apprehended at the border. Some border patrol agents said less than 1, out of 10.
Now, they say they catch more than half of the ones they know about. How many don't they know about.
According to the U.S. Immigration Service another 6 million illegals in our country are visa overstays.
Anchor babies are now being born at a rate of 400,000 per year http://bit.ly/7vCkH6
Comment posted April 24, 2010 @ 9:28 pm
stay home – az will do just fine without your help. We need to have a way to control illegal immigration
Comment posted April 25, 2010 @ 2:18 am
I live in Arizona and I'm Native American. You all use the words “invasion,” “illegal immigrants” and “anchor babies.”
Truth is, this was OUR country long before YOUR ancestors set foot on it.
Native Americans didn't invite you and didn't want you.
YOU were the INVADERS, YOU VIOLATED our laws, YOU, and YOUR FAMILIES are all the descendants of the ORIGINAL ANCHOR BABIES.
Your ancestors brought their zenophobic hatred, prejudice and slavery.
Your very recent ancestors backed segregation.
Now you back a bill that allows law enforcement to search, seize and arrest WITHOUT A WARRANT, a bill that allows law enforcement ask ANYONE on the street for proof of citizenship (not just Hispanics but you fools think only Hispanic looking people will be subjected to this. You all claim, “I would be okay with the cops questioning me.” you say these things but you know darn well that you with your white skin won't be questioned, if you were, you would be as happy to comply with a request to prove your citizenship as lose your right to have guns).
The First Amendment grants you the right to voice yourself but really, you should just put on your white hoods and pull out your swastikas already and stop lying by claiming this is out of your love of your country. You deep down inside don't like anyone who isn't just like you.
If you LOVE our country and respect the rights that so many have died for, you would know the Constitution and the BIll of Rights.
Many AMERICAN citizens in Arizona will be asked to proove their citizenship based on their skin color, last name, manner of speech, but you don't care because they're not white, they're not like you.
Comment posted April 25, 2010 @ 2:33 am
Hey genius, Gutierrez was BORN IN CHICAGO, so the UNITED STATES IS his country and by virtue of that, Americans are his fellow countrymen. By the way, it's “would” not “wood” or do you not know the difference?
Your probably an “Engish Only” supporter too. Learn to read and write.
Gutierrez was born in Chicago on December 10, 1953. He graduated from Northeastern Illinois University in 1977 with a degree in English and worked as a teacher, social worker, community activist and city official until his 1986 election as Alderman from the city's 26th ward.
Comment posted April 26, 2010 @ 10:04 am
It is Luiz Gutirezz business as well as any other American who doesn't want this facist rounding up of the innocent. This law is nothing more than legal racial profiling.
There is no way on earth one can determine who is undocumented by a cursory glance or an accent.
Comment posted May 11, 2010 @ 8:17 pm
Mr. Gutierrez's history well judge you tell the hispanic commuity to march in love we will over come hatred fear and racism with love bible said that perfect love cast out all evil Jesus also said love your neighbor matthew 19:19 mexico is our neighbor. p.s keep up the good work
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