Latino congressman says Obama administration has failed on immigration

[The Northerner]

OAKLAND -- U.S. Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-Ill., blasted the Obama administration on Thursday night for deporting record numbers of people from the country and for breaking promises made to immigrant voters during the 2008 presidential campaign.

"He came to our neighborhoods, he came to our communities, he gave speeches," Gutierrez said, interspersing Spanish and English on a visit to an East Oakland school.

A predominantly Spanish-speaking crowd of several hundred people packed into the gymnasium of the Cesar Chavez Education Center to hear Gutierrez speak. Some shared stories of how immigration arrests had divided their families.

"When I was 15 years old, I felt my life was over," said Richmond resident Bianca Rojo, describing how her parents were deported to Mexico nearly six years ago.

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[EmmettKelly]

1. OMG, so you would have been better off with the nut case

from racist central in Arizona? Do you understand what McCain represents? just thank your lucky stars things worked out as they did.

[dkf]

2. So he is advocating not enforcing the law?

Doesn't that break Obama's oath to uphold the law?

[Tarheel_Dem]

3. There just aren't enough hours in the day for one man to do all this:

"The Democratic congressman has been visiting 20 cities, including seven in California, as part of a national campaign to pressure Obama to act more urgently on immigration matters."

Every interest group feels theirs is the most "urgent" of all. How do you accomplish all that in 2 and a half years? :shrug: