Herencia e identidad / Inheritance and Baptists Identity: Historia, principios, y practicas bautistas/ History, Principles, and Practice (Spanish Edition)
One Old Vet (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009
Illegal alien ally Luis Gutierrez “guarantees” protection for American workers Dave Gorak Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), the self-appointed messiah for illegal aliens, says his soon to be introduced amnesty bill will include adequate protection for American workers. The "repulsive" Gutierrez, who earlier this year criss-crossed the country with his "family unity" road show...
Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
The state attorney general's office has concluded that Yolo County sheriff's deputies were justified when they shot and killed a man who pulled a knife on them earlier this year. Yolo County prosecutors had reached the same conclusion in a report they made public Tuesday stating that no criminal charges would be filed against the three deputies. "After a complete review of all available information,...
Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
The Yolo County district attorney will not file charges against three sheriff's deputies who shot a Woodland man to death on April 30, according to a news release from the DA's office. The use of force by deputies Hernan Oviedo, Hector Bautista and Sgt. Dale Johnson was ruled "reasonable and justified" in the death of Luis Gutierrez, 26, in Woodland, according to they report by DA Jeff Reisig's...
MN Progressive Project (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
Here are the FDL Action health care reform highlights for Tuesday, November 24. 1. Jon Walker explains "the difference between really trying and pretending to try" by Majority Leader Harry Reid on the public option. Walker quotes Gerald Seib of the Wall Street Journal , who writes, "Maybe Mr. Reid plans to push as far as he can with a bill including a public option, to show his party...
Firedoglake (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
The debate over health care just added a new wrinkle. Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), a key ally of Barack Obama’s from Illinois, said today that he would find it “extremely difficult if not impossible” to vote for a health care bill that included the restrictive and discriminatory measure on undocumented immigrants that appears in [...]
The Corner (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
Roll Call reports that amnesty backers in the House are planning on proceeding without Republican support: Members say they are feeling newly emboldened to go their own way after the White House this month signaled a willingness to tackle the controversial issue next year. What’s more, Democrats recognize the issue is a politically sensitive one for Republicans hoping to curry favor with Hispanic...
Chicagoist (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
A pet monkey (but not the one involved in this incident); Photo via Did we learn nothing from the tragedy of Charla Nash , the woman violently attacked earlier this year by a friend's pet chimp? While these two incidents are different in terms of the size of the animal involved or the severity of the injuries sustained, they both underscore a good point: primates are not meant to be pets. A 10-month...
The Corner (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
From The Hill : House Democrats are making changes to their immigration legislation to reflect the nation's high unemployment rate. The move comes as recognition that the 10.2 percent jobless rate - which is expected to rise and remain in double-digits for much of 2010 - has altered the political landscape for an immigration bill. "Each bill is reflective of a time. And with unemployment over...
1115.org (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Rep. Luis Gutierrez, head of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Immigration Task Force, is one of the leaders of the charge for comprehensive immigration reform. House Democrats hope to send a bill to President Obama next spring. Here’s Luis Gutierrez, bragging about the proposed bill: Our bill will be to immigration reform what the public [...]
DownWithTyranny! (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
If you've been following the Blue America PAC at all, you may already be aware that we've decided that we won't be endorsing any candidates for the House in 2010 unless they are genuinely enthusiastic about passing John Larson's Fair Elections Now Act ( HR 1826 ). We're not asking for some unenforceable pledge; we want nothing less than heartfelt enthusiasm. Right now Larson has 117 co-sponsors from...
The Corner (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Amnesty keeps receding into the future. Rep. Luis Gutierrez, the amnesty point man in the House, had pledged to introduce a bill in October, then promised it in November, and this week, in a conference call hosted by the Campaign to Reform Immigration for America ("a project of the Tides Advocacy Fund"), announced that he'll be introducing a bill in December. I wouldn't even count on that,...
Standing FIRM (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
On Wednesday night, 60,000 people joined what was an incredible call to action on overhauling our nation’s broken immigration laws. Today, we’re releasing a new video that features Congressman Luis Gutierrez unveiling his principles for reform in October, and which calls on all of us to help build the movement for real immigration reform: We all know [...]
ImmigrationProf Blog (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Jonathan Allen at Politico.com has a tsory about how Latino politicians, including Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), blame White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel for the exclusion of undocumented immigranst from health care refiorm. KJ
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Hispanic lawmakers say an old adversary, White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel, has his fingerprints all over a push to prohibit illegal immigrants from buying health insurance plans in a new market for people who don't get insurance through their employers. "A forensic study would show it all leads back to Rahm Emanuel and the White House," said Illinois Democratic Rep. Luis Gutierrez,...
HispanicTrending (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Nov 19, 2009 By Marcelo Ballvé Organizers described them as immigration reform "house parties." Across the country last night, in churches, schools, immigrant support centers and private homes, backers of immigration reform gathered around telephones (the speaker phone turning the device into a de-facto radio) as Hispanic U.S. legislators laid out the strategy for pushing a reform...
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