Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) said that President Barack Obama told him in March to bring him a “menu” of potential executive actions to grant more amnesty and ease deportations if Congress did not pass a comprehensive amnesty bill. Gutierrez said
Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) believes illegal immigrant children from Central America should be treated differently from those from Mexico. While illegal immigrant children from Mexico can be immediately deported, those from countries “other than Mexico” cannot under current law. When asked
On Monday, Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) blamed America’s drug consumption for the spike in the number of illegal immigrants from Central America. Gutierrez, who is one of the most vocal pro-amnesty voices in Congress, said that U.S. drug consumption empowers
A day after President Barack Obama announced that, on his own, he would try to change as many of the nation’s immigration laws as he can, Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) said he gave the President a wish list of executive
A day after President Barack Obama all but gave up on the passing of amnesty legislation this year, Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) said the House Republican leadership is too afraid of the Tea Party to cross them on immigration. “You
On Wednesday, Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) said the time has come for President Barack Obama to use executive actions to ease deportations as thousands of illegal immigrant children are flooding across the U.S.-Mexico border. “It is now time for the
On Wednesday, Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) told Republican House members “you’re out. Hit the showers,” and attempted to channel the World Cup in his criticism of the GOP for failing to pass comprehensive immigration reform. Gutierrez argued Republicans turned their
On Sunday’s broadcast of ABC’s “This Week,” conservative talker Laura Ingraham and Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) went head-to-head over the issue of immigration and Gutierrez’s previous praise of House Majority Leader Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA) for positions. Also participating in
On Sunday, Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) claimed that he is “not for amnesty” and has never spoken to House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) about immigration issues. Discussing Cantor’s shocking upset on ABC’s This Week, Gutierrez, despite traveling with Cantor to
Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), a vocal advocate of immigration reform, told Breitbart News on Wednesday, “Shame on anybody that wants to demonize children” who are entering the country without guardians or documentation. Gutierrez defended the surge of unaccompanied illegal immigrant
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), perhaps the most outspoken amnesty proponent in Congress, said the stunning defeat of Majority Leader Eric Cantor in the primary Tuesday is no impediment to President Obama moving forward with immigration unilaterally. “When people say there’ll
Late Tuesday evening, conservative talk radio host Laura Ingraham savored David Brat’s historic upset victory over House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) in Virginia’s 7th Congressional District Republican primary. “This was a cataclysmic upending of the old Republican Guard. A
GLENN ALLEN, Virginia–Conservative talk radio host Laura Ingraham campaigned here with the long-shot primary challenger to Majority Leader Eric Cantor, Randolph-Macon economics professor David Brat, issuing a blistering attack on Cantor’s immigration record. At an evening rally at the Dominion
WASHINGTON — Illinois Democratic Rep. Luis Gutierrez attacked conservative radio host Laura Ingraham at a press conference Friday morning, stressing the urgent need for immigration reform. “I want to begin showing bipartisanship, and read a tweet today from Laura Ingraham,”
On Thursday, Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) said House Republicans can’t use the excuse that they don’t trust President Barack Obama to enforce the country’s immigration laws to block amnesty legislation. He then gave Republicans more reasons to distrust Obama by
Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) will travel to House Majority Leader Eric Cantor’s (R-VA) backyard Wednesday to push for amnesty legislation just weeks before Cantor’s June 10 primary against Dave Brat. According to Casa de Virginia, Gutierrez’s speech at the State
Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), who suggested on Monday that “every institution” in America should ignore the nation’s immigration laws until Congress passes amnesty legislation, said President George W. Bush will go down as the last Republican president in history if Congress
On Monday, Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) suggested that until Congress passes sweeping amnesty legislation, “every institution in America” should find ways to ignore or work around federal immigration laws. He also said that President Barack Obama’s Deferred Action program was
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said House Republicans on Cinco de Mayo should be as courageous as the Mexican militia that defeated the French army in the Battle of Puebla to pass amnesty legislation. Pelosi, who has said that
Pro-amnesty advocates, led by Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), are looking for the next group of people they can label as “DREAMers” to grant them temporary amnesty or more leniency under the country’s immigration laws. A day before House Democrats launched
When House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) and President Barack Obama met one-on-one for an hour at the White House on Wednesday for the first time since 2012, they found they agreed most on one issue: amnesty. At his press conference
House Democrats are divided on when to put immigration legislation on the floor for a vote, which they can force by using a discharge petition. The discharge petition would need a majority of lawmakers’ signatures. Because of the difficulty in coming
Saying the political landscape will not be more conducive to amnesty legislation in two or four years, U.S. Chamber of Commerce President Tom Donohue wrote on Monday that immigration reform must happen now. Donohue has previously said that the U.S.
On Tuesday, President Barack Obama invited House Democrats to the White House to strategize on amnesty. According to the White House, Obama discussed the “importance of increasing the minimum wage, strengthening education, passing common sense immigration reform,” and other legislative
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) refused to answer on three occasions whether the House GOP leadership’s “immigration principles” will allow illegal immigrants to eventually get citizenship–or amnesty. In an appearance on CBS’s Face the Nation, guest-host Major Garrett pressed Cantor
A top House Democrat who has been one of the most vocal advocates of amnesty said Friday that the GOP leadership’s “immigration principles” document that was unveiled Thursday does not rule out citizenship for the country’s illegal immigrants. “You know
When politicians are assured there are no consequences for getting arrested, the act that led to their arrest is sure to be repeated. Some politicians and celebrities often appear to enjoy going to protests and rallies with the sole intention
Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) said the clock on comprehensive immigration reform will end if Congress does not pass a bill next year. “I don’t see the Senate, in 2015, taking this issue back up,” he said on Wednesday. “The clock
On the night when House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) hired an adviser who previously helped Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) push for amnesty, Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) claimed proponents of comprehensive immigration reform had enough votes in the House to pass
On Monday, President Barack Obama said House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) was “sincere” in wanting to pass what will add up to comprehensive immigration reform. During a speech in San Francisco, Obama mentioned that Boehner last week said immigration reform
Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), one of the most prominent supporters of a pathway to citizenship for illegal immigrants, said that his Republicans friends tell him that they will try to pass all of the components of comprehensive immigration reform in
Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), one of the most prominent supporters of comprehensive immigration reform in the House of Representatives, wants lawmakers in Congress to stay through Thanksgiving and Christmas to create a pathway to citizenship for all of the country’s
Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) has endorsed the House’s piecemeal approach to immigration reform–and said that the end goal should be a conference committee with the Senate’s “Gang of Eight” immigration bill. Appearing on Chicago’s Public Radio station’s program “Afternoon Shift” last
In a debate on Chicago’s ABC-7, Tea Party organizer C. Steven Tucker confronted Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) about the congressional subsidy for Obamacare premiums. Gutierrez tried to evade the question, but Tucker correctly pointed out that while Gutierrez would be
Democratic Reps. Charles Rangel, Luis Gutierrez, Keith Ellison, Joseph Crowley, Al Green, and John Lewis, along with several other pro-amnesty activists, union members, and other left-wing protesters, got themselves arrested on purpose on Tuesday afternoon in a statement made in
On Friday, Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), who had been working with six other Representatives to write the House’s version of a comprehensive immigration bill, conceded that his group’s legislation was effectively dead. “It’s just not gonna happen now,” he said.
The Republican National Committee, which has expressed support for comprehensive immigration reform, has come out against Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) and criticized him for using potential rapes and death to argue for amnesty. The RNC argues that Gutierrez does not
Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) said at a town hall event in Chantilly, VA on Monday that women will be raped and others may die or be injured if Congress does not grant amnesty to America’s illegal immigrants. Gutierrez said that
On the one-year anniversary of President Barack Obama’s executive action that granted temporary visas to some illegal immigrants, Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) said the deferred action program was essentially a dry run for broader comprehensive immigration reform. The White House
Previously, Rep. Gutierrez spoke with Breitbart News directly about his vision for immigration reform and support from his Republican colleagues: Illinois Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D) made a dramatic declaration while talking to the Washington Post about the votes needed to
