I have traveled to Florida, I have traveled to Georgia, I have traveled to California, you and I both know that there are millions of undocumented workers that work hard, sweat soil every day to put the food we eat… — Luis Gutierrez Copy Share Image
And let us not forget the Social Security system. Recent studies show that undocumented workers sustain the Social Security system with a subsidy as much as $7 billion a year. Let me repeat that: $7 billion a year. — Luis Gutierrez Copy Share Image
Uncertainty and fear and ignorance about immigrants, about people who are different, has a history as old as our Nation. — Luis Gutierrez Copy Share Image
DACA is a lifeline for individuals who have grown up in the U.S. but who lack immigration papers. — Luis Gutierrez Copy Share Image
We must stand on principle and practicality, and we should be very clear that a policy aimed at driving out 10 or 11 million… — Luis Gutierrez Copy Share Image
As a Democrat from Illinois, as a member of Congress who believes in and admires President Obama, it genuinely pains me to say that… — Luis Gutierrez Copy Share Image
On Tuesday 26 July 2011, I was arrested in front of the White House along with a dozen other pro-immigrant advocates and clergy. We… — Luis Gutierrez Copy Share Image
It is so difficult to, day in and day out, hear these incredibly painful stories of the destructive nature of our broken immigration system. — Luis Gutierrez Copy Share Image
BP should be Banned Permanently because they are too failed to be big. — Luis Gutierrez Copy Share Image
We should be clear that we prefer a system that allows people to come to the U.S. with visas, not in the hands of… — Luis Gutierrez Copy Share Image
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… — Luis Gutierrez Copy Share Image
I mean, the greatest laugh I always get is, if darkness, right, just overwhelms the Earth one day and Obama had the key to… — Luis Gutierrez Copy Share Image
The American people are much more practical than Republican lawmakers on equal pay, on the minimum wage, on same-sex marriage, and on basic civil… — Luis Gutierrez Copy Share Image
The immigrant blame game is constant. Cynical politicians believe it drives poll numbers; cynical commentators believe it drives TV ratings. — Luis Gutierrez Copy Share Image
We need legal immigration as an alternative to illegal immigration and a way of getting the millions of unauthorized immigrants already here to get… — Luis Gutierrez Copy Share Image
I will argue until my last breath for a pathway to citizenship that is quick and efficient because I want to end this chapter.… — Luis Gutierrez Copy Share Image
I have never pretended to be a legal scholar, but when scores of lawyers are lining up to agree with the Supreme Court that… — Luis Gutierrez Copy Share Image
