Rep. Luis Gutiérrez: Now is the Time for Obama to Challenge Congress on Immigration Reform
October 21, 2013
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as posted by the channelAs pressure grows for Congress to pass comprehensive immigration reform now that the government shutdown is over, Democracy Now! speaks with one of those leading the fight. Democratic Rep. Luis Gutiérrez of Illinois has been working to improve immigration policies since he won his congressional seat in the early 1990s. Most recently he helped author the bipartisan proposal for reform in the House. Earlier this month, Gutiérrez and seven other members of Congress were arrested protesting Washington's failure on immigration. His arrest came as the number of undocumented immigrants deported under President Obama approaches two million more than under any other president. "I want a president of the United States that signs a comprehensive immigration bill for two reasonsNumber 1, it stops the deportation and it brings justice, fairness, and equity to the immigrant community; and number 2, I want Barack Obama to be known as the president that led us to 11 million people reaching freedom in this country," Gutiérrez says.
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