Press Releases
January 11, 2017
Press Release
Congressman to speak at pro-immigrant rally in DC on Saturday, one of a series of nationwide events.
Rep. Luis V. Gutiérrez (D-IL) spoke on the House floor this morning about immigration, the Trump Administration and a series of pro-immigrant events taking place in Washington and around the country on or about January 14. The Congressman said while the new President himself is “a bit of an unknown because he changes his mind on some key issues about as quickly as his Twitter feed refreshes…it is Trump’s lieutenants who worry most of us.” The Congressman is joining with advocates and allies who are holding a series of events around the country, including an event on Saturday, Jan. 14 in Washington, DC, at which the Congressman is speaking.
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January 10, 2017
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“I want to be able to look my two beautiful Latina daughters and my beautiful half-Puerto Rican, half-Mexican, 100% American grandson in the eye with a clear conscience.”
Rep. Luis V. Gutiérrez (D-IL) took to the House floor this morning to explain why he is not going to attend the inaugural ceremonies on January 20. “The reason I am not going is that I cannot bring myself to justify morally or intellectually the immense power we are placing in that man’s hands,” he said of Donald Trump (standing before a picture of the President-elect). Rep. Gutiérrez said he would join his wife Soraida in participating in the Women’s March on January 21 in Washington. Rep. Gutiérrez spoke during the morning hour in Congress (approximately 10 am ET), which was carried live on C-SPAN.
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January 3, 2017
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Rep. Judy Chu (D-CA) issued a press release today which also includes quotes from Rep. Roybal-Allard and Rep. Gutiérrez
Rep. Judy Chu (D-CA) issued a press release today which also includes quotes from Rep. Roybal-Allard and Rep. Gutiérrez, in response to a letter to Congressional Democrats inquiring about personal data collected from DACA recipients and the concern that those data could be used for enforcement by the incoming President.
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December 22, 2016
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Statement regarding DHS Homeland Security Advisory Council’s recommendation that DHS move away from use of private prisons.
U.S. Representatives Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.), Luis V. Gutiérrez (D-Ill.) and Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-Calif.) today issued the following statement regarding the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Homeland Security Advisory Council’s (HSAC) recent recommendation that DHS move away from the use of private prisons to detain immigrants.
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December 12, 2016
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We have to move to defend the whole immigrant community… in coalition; A coalition that says if you come for the DREAMers, if you come to deport Moms and Dads, if you want to register Muslims, if you want to cut-off legal immigration, you have to go through us.
Remarks
Rep. Luis V. Gutiérrez (D-IL)
National Immigrant Integration Conference (NIIC)
Omni Hotel | Nashville, TN
December 12, 2016
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December 9, 2016
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“I am committed to resisting any attempts at mass deportation, mass criminalization, mass registration, or mass demonization of immigrants who work hard and have contributed so much to America.”
Today, Senators Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Dick Durbin (D-IL) introduced the bipartisan BRIDGE Act to protect DREAMers with DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) by extending the program for three years. Rep. Luis V. Gutiérrez (D-IL) issued the following statement:
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December 7, 2016
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Letter released at Capitol news conference asks President for “protection and stability for immigrants…especially at a time when fear and uncertainty in our communities is at an all-time high.”
Rep. Luis V. Gutiérrez (D-IL) was joined by more than a dozen of his House Democratic colleagues at a press conference this morning where a new letter to President Obama, signed by 64 Members of Congress, was released. The letter asks President Obama to “exercise your Constitutional authority to provide pardons to young people who are American in every way but on paper.” A presidential pardon for DREAMers with DACA, those brought to the United States as children who signed up for the President’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals initiative, could make it harder for President Donald Trump to deport them and could open up for certain DREAMers a path to legal status under current law.
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December 6, 2016
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“If we are ever going to achieve the permanent peace that allows Israel to exist without fear and Palestine to exist without occupation, we must continue to fight for the two state solution.”
December 6, 2016 -- Rep. Luis V. Gutiérrez (D-IL) spoke this morning on the floor of the House of Representatives about Middle East policy, Israel’s turn to hardline policies, and the jeopardy this poses for the “two state solution,” a path towards a Palestinian and Israeli state coexisting. Comparing Prime Minister Netanyahu’s leadership to that of a “strongman,” Rep. Gutiérrez cited moves in the Israeli Knesset to legalize settlements in the West Bank, destroy Palestinian homes, and restrict the Muslim call to prayer in Jerusalem as examples of recent actions, saying “strongman politics in Israel have the impact of making a long-lasting solution that brings peace to the Middle East harder to achieve.”
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December 5, 2016
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Press Release from Rep. Judy Chu (D-CA)
Today, 106 Members of Congress sent a letter to President Obama requesting that he take action to protect the names and private information of those who enrolled in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents (DAPA) programs. The letter, led by Reps. Judy Chu (CA-27), Zoe Lofgren (CA-29), Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-40), Raul Grijalva (AZ-03), and Luis Gutierrez (IL-04), specifically suggests an Executive Order that would prohibit the use of DACA enrollees’ information for purposes other than originally intended, including for purposes of deportation.
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December 1, 2016
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NSEERS program ended in 2011, but system could be reactivated unless President Obama takes action
Rep. Luis V. Gutiérrez (D-IL) and several other senior Democratic Members led an effort to gather 51 House Democrats on a letter to President Obama asking him to dismantle the NSEERS system, a system crafted by Kris Kobach and used by the Bush Administration to call in and register immigrant men from certain countries.
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