December 20, 2010

U.S. Congressman Gutierrez Wants to Hijack the Civil Rights Movement

By Gayle Kesselman
United States Congressman Luis Gutierrez has threatened civil disobedience if the DREAM Act, which would have offered a pathway to American citizenship to millions of illegal immigrants, is not passed into law. "We're going to make it uncomfortable for the Democratic Party," Gutierrez said, adding that immigration advocates would step up the pressure by drawing lessons from the movements for civil rights and women's suffrage.  "There'll probably be civil disobedience.  There will probably be a number of different actions.  What we have to do is we have to break through this wall of silence, because we're invisible."Well, the DREAM Act was voted down in the Senate over the last weekend, and I am anxiously waiting to see if Congressman Gutierrez, who is also a former leader of the Puerto Rican Socialist Party, makes good on his threats.If Congressman Gutierrez does take the path of civil disobedience in order to achieve his goals of obtaining American...(Read Full Article)