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Luis Gutierrez Biography

Luis Vicente Gutiérrez (born December 10, 1953) is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Illinois's 4th congressional district since 1993. From 1986 until his election to Congress, he served as a member of the Chicago City Council representing the 26th ward. He is a member of the Democratic Party and the Congressional Progressive Caucus. In the 113th Congress, with his 20 years of service, Gutiérrez became, along with Bobby Rush, the longest serving member of the Illinois House delegation, and so is occasionally referred to as the unofficial "dean" of the delegation.

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I will argue until my last breath for a pathway to citizenship that is quick and efficient because I want to end this chapter. I want to end it. . . But let me say, conversely, I am as committed as any Republican to ending illegal immigration as we know it. . . They want to end it. So do I.

Want, Lasts, Pathways, Say, Citizenship, Efficient

We need to build bridges between the LGBT community and the larger immigrant community. In the end, the bigger the tent we build, the more successful we'll be.

Bridges, Build, Lgbt Community, Successful

Mr. Speaker, our Nation depends on immigrants' labor, and I hope we can create an immigration system as dependable as they are.

Immigration, Dependable, Labor, Create, Hope

Nothing happens here in this building, in the House of Representatives, if there's no demand from outside the Capitol.

Building, Demand, House, Representatives

It is so difficult to, day in and day out, hear these incredibly painful stories of the destructive nature of our broken immigration system.

Broken, Day, Destructive, Immigration, Painful, Stories

There is this kind of sense in the immigrant community, first we were going to do immigration reform, but then 9
11 happened.

Community, Immigration, Reform, Sense

The underlying part of any comprehensive immigration bill is family unit.

Bill, Bills, Immigration, Part, Units

I mean, the greatest laugh I always get is, if darkness, right, just overwhelms the Earth one day and Obama had the key to light, he says, "I have a bill that will bring sunlight," they'd rather live in darkness than have him bring the light.

Bill, Day, Keys, Light, Mean, Right

It is not new or unusual for the real Americans, meaning those immigrants who came to America a little bit longer ago, to fear the outsiders, the pretenders, the newcomers.

America, Americans, Littles, Outsiders, Real

According to the study, approximately 16. 7 million U. S. workers born in Latin America had a combined gross income of $450 billion last year, of which 93 percent was spent locally.

450, According, America, Approximately, Latin, Years

Uncertainty and fear and ignorance about immigrants, about people who are different, has a history as old as our Nation.

Different, Ignorance, Old, People, Uncertainty

The next step has to be the necessary step. It's always to put the immigrant community and the civil rights movement ahead of partisan politics.

Ahead, Community, Movement, Next Steps, Rights, Step

And let us not forget the Social Security system. Recent studies show that undocumented workers sustain the Social Security system with a subsidy as much as $7 billion a year. Let me repeat that: $7 billion a year.

Billion, Forget, Security Systems, Studies, Subsidies, Years

I have traveled to Florida, I have traveled to Georgia, I have traveled to California, you and I both know that there are millions of undocumented workers that work hard, sweat soil every day to put the food we eat on our table. That's not a myth, that's a reality. Why don't we let them come with visas to this country so that then we don't have people using that border.

Come, Country, Eat, Hard Work, Reality, Sweat

As far as income tax payments go, sources vary in their accounts, but a range of studies find that immigrants pay between $90 billion and $140 billion in Federal, State, and local taxes.

Income, Pay, Payments, Study, Tax