Luis Gutierrez Arrested at White House

Democrat Rep. Luis Gutierrez (IL) was arrested outside the White House today as he took part in a sit-in at the White House along with a May Day protest for immigration reform amnesty.

Luis Gutierrez 

Chanting "Si se puede" ("Yes, it is possible") he and other protestors "linked arms, and sat down next to the White House fence. When law enforcement asked them to move, Guiterrez refused and was arrested. Source: The Hill

Rep. Velazquez and Luis Gutierrez Against Puerto Rico Democracy Act: Unfair Undemocratic

Rep. Nydia Velazquez (D-NY) and Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) are urging Democrats to vote against the Puerto Rico Democracy Act (H.R.2499).

Politico:

"This bill is not the product of consensus. It does not provide for true self-determination. The two-step process in the bill is designed to craft an artificial majority for statehood," Velazquez and Gutierrez said in their e-mail. 

"The people of Puerto Rico deserve a truly fair, democratic and inclusive self-determination process that is the product of consensus. H.R. 2499 does not provide for such a process. It is divisive, unfair and undemocratic."

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