Rep. Gutierrez Offers New Fix for 'Broken' U.S. Immigration System
Tired of waiting on Congress and the White House, Congressman Luis Gutierrez formally introduced his immigration-reform bill Tuesday.
Tyler Hicks | The New York Times Thousands of immigrants and their advocates went to Capitol Hill in October for a day of rallying, calling for comprehensive immigration reform. |
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There’s been a lot of talk thus far about immigration reform from lawmakers, advocates, and President Obama, yet no one has introduced a bill in Congress.
That changed as Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-Ill., introduced a bill Tuesday called the "Comprehensive Immigration Reform for America's Security and Prosperity Act of 2009".
"We have waited patiently for a workable solution to our immigration crisis to be taken up by this Congress and our President," said Rep. Gutierrez. "This bill . . . is the product of months of collaboration with civil rights advocates, labor organizations, and members of Congress. It is an answer to too many years of pain —mothers separated from their children, workers exploited and undermined security at the border— all caused at the hands of a broken immigration system."
Gutierrez should have the support of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, but experts say immigration reform legislation faces a tough time while the economy remains weak, jobs are scarce, and unemployment is over 10 percent.
"The Gutierrez proposal is an excellent beginning to devise legislation that will affirmatively fix America's dysfunctional immigration system and assist in the country's economic recovery,” said Nelson A. Castillo, a California immigration attorney. “The success of the bill will depend on Congress' willingness to constructively debate these complex issues and spend the necessary political capital to move comprehensive immigration reform forward."
The Illinois Democrat was joined by a number of California Democrats, including Congressman Mike Honda, who heads the Asian-Pacific American Caucus and Congresswoman Lynn Wolsey, who heads the Progressive Caucus. Leaders in the Congressional Hispanic Caucus and Congressional Black Caucus also joined Gutierrez in unveiling the bill.
Activists have been pushing the Obama Administration and Congressional leaders all year to take up immigration reform and Gutierrez says “the time for waiting is over.”
Sarnata Reynolds, Advocacy and Policy Director for Refugee and Migrants' Rights at Amnesty International USA, says the timing could not be better. "Amid ongoing arrests and detentions resulting in egregious human rights violations for immigrants and refugees, U.S. Representative Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) today introduced CIR ASAP, a bill that recognizes the human rights of all in the United States and restores to immigrants and refugees important due process protections."
To become law, the immigration reform bill needs at least 218 votes in the House of Representatives and 60 in the Senate.
"I understand that the legislation would seek to include a rational and humane approach to the undocumented population, protect U.S. and immigrant workers, and enhance our nation's security and safety," said Castillo, a former President of the Hispanic National Bar Association.
While immigrant deportations have declined in recent years, the Census Bureau reports that there remain roughly 12 million undocumented workers in the United States. Finding a way to bring them legal status as well as workplace enforcement against those who exploit undocumented workers, has confounded Congress for years.
"The bill introduced today by Congressman Gutierrez and his colleagues would help create an immigration system that works for American workers," the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union said in a statement. "For too long, our nation’s immigration system has fueled exploitation, discrimination and abuse. It has allowed unscrupulous employers to drive down wages and working conditions in industries across the nation, while creating an underground economy where labor laws are shredded and workers are forced to toil in fear."
Rep. Gutierrez said he was submitting the bill before the holiday recess “so that there is no excuse for inaction in the New Year.”
2009-12-14 08:06:00
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2009-12-14 08:09:09
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Luis Gutierrez is an idiot. We have 16 million Americas out of work right now and he wants to give amnesty to 20 million illegal aliens. Is he nuts or what? I also believe he has trouble with his eye sight because he can not see the damage the illegal aliens are doing to this Country. Just ENFORCE the laws and get the illegal aliens back with their families.
2009-12-14 22:36:22
For those of you who think illegal aliens are not destroying this Country, your eye sight must be failing. Illegal aliens have made America the dumping ground for all their illegal alien children, then we have to school them and give them free medical care. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSe3C5vMafM&NR=1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_ZnX9JRo5M&NR=1 http://www.kpho.com/video/18452473/index.html I for one, am sick and tired of these illegal aliens snubbing their nose at our immigration laws and the many other laws of this Country. If our Federal Government can not ENFORCE our immigration laws, and get these illegal aliens out of this Country, then let the States do it! One way or another, an end has to come to this illegal immigration, and not with AMNESTY! Amnesty will only encourage more illegal aliens to invade our Country and reward those who broke our laws and raped the American taxpayer in many ways...depressing our wages, taking our jobs, overwhelming our schools with their ILLEGAL ALIEN children, driving without a license or car insurance, all the crime from stolen identities to rape, drugs and everything else. It's time for ZERO TOLERENCE with these illegal aliens. It's time for them get out of this Country and back in their own Country where they belong. When we get rid of the illegal aliens, we will get rid of all the problems that go with them. THAT IS A FACT!
2009-12-15 08:22:30
Angry creatures such as Britannicus and Delaware Bob keep polluting the forums w/ anger, hatred, and racism...they are the epitomy of everything that is wrong w/ our country...Billy Bob has already lost this bttle, as he is on the wrong side of both historty and demographics!
2009-12-15 12:59:40
We are about to enter the new year and Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL.) has offered an amendment that would tighten up some of the citizenship verification loopholes in the Senate health care reform bill (H.R.3590). Jeff Sessions' amendment would establish citizenship identification standards for the DHS Secretary, maintain the current 5-year waiting period for new legal immigrants and requires a status check using the SAVE PC application. This includes E-Verify, federal illegal immigrant job elimination program that's source is the universal internet. Radical organizations have tried to displace it, which was driven by the US.Chamber of Commerce, American Civil Liberties Union, large congregational religion, workers unions, subversive ethnic groups and treasonous lawmakers like Louis Gutteriez (D-IL), Sen. Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi--but thats just skimming the surface of political pawns. CALL YOUR SENATORS AND EVEN CONGRESSMEN/ WOMEN. NOW and urge them to support this amendment. The Capitol Switchboard's telephone number is 202-224-3121. The above phone number plus a 28cent postcard invasion of the Senate-House, could stop the out of control rush towards a Comprehensive Immigration Reform disaster. This is another name for BLANKET AMNESTY, of which (CIR) will legalize and reward all those who broke our Sovereign laws. Immigrants who waited patiently in line to be processed, have been shown that its a lot quicker to break the law and not be apprehended for their violation. The fact is millions and millions of indigent people will rush the border fence, to be counted when President Obama pushes through another AMNESTY. Nobody in power seems to notice or cares that the 1986 law, turned into a absolute travesty. Newly legalized farmworkers deserted their jobs, looking for greener pastures in every state, causing unfair competition for lowly skilled citizens and legal residents. This time it could even be worse for the legal population, as millions of legitimized labor will undercut US workers. GOOD FOR LARGE AND SMALL BUSINESSES--NOT GOOD AT ALL FOR THE POPULACE WITH FAMILY COMMITMENTS? In November, both the number of unemployed persons, at 15.4 million, with the prior 3 months indicating payroll losses averaging 135, 000 a month. We must all adjoin with friends, family members and co-workers to immediately halt any new immigration reform package. It will hurt us all--and tell future illegal immigrants and those already here, we do not in anyway condone illegal entry through airports as a student or tourist, or through either border. There must be heavy consequences to illegally settling here, such as upgrading the unathorised entry to a felony. In the future we must have an orderly immigration recruitment system, but only for people with highly skilled qualifications. Guest Workers must be equally vetted and not just given permission without strict--return instructions home, after completing their contract. No family reunification, because this has been rife with fraud as sponsors end up reneging on the financial aspect. All this issues can easily be resolved with amendment to the 1986 immigration bill. What to do with 20 to 30 million illegal aliens from across the world, slowly repatriate them using the SAVE ACT. Understand the immigration enforcement gradings of your politicians at NUMBERSUSA. Understand how taxpayers have been taken for a ride for decades and the unrevealed costs to you. Se what JUDICIAL WATCH has to say about CORRUPTION in WASHINGTON.
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