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Congressman Gutierrez Vows to Take Amnesty Fight to Streets
If the lame-duck session ends without the passage of amnesty legislation, Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) has vowed that he and other Hispanic leaders will stage a full-tilt campaign of “civil disobedience,” like the African-American civil-rights movement of the 1960s. (The Daily Beast, Dec. 1, 2010)
During an interview with The Daily Beast published last week, Rep. Gutierrez promised there will be protests, marches, and sit-ins in an attempt to garner support for amnesty legislation. The movement will operate autonomously and will no longer be beholden to wavering Democrats, filibustering Republicans, or President Barack Obama.
(Id.) Rep. Gutierrez, who heads the Immigration Task Force for the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, says that he is taking his cues on civil disobedience from the 1960s. “When black people in this country decided they were going to fight for civil rights and for voting rights, they didn’t ask if the majority leader was with them,” he said
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Topic: Amnesty or Else!
