Gutierrez Files Mass Amnesty Bill; Pelosi Sends Mixed Signals
Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) introduced amnesty legislation yesterday for the 13 million illegal immigrants in the U.S. "Mr. Gutierrez, one of Mr. Obama's earliest Latino supporters in Congress, said in an interview that the bill reflected a growing impatience with the pace of immigration change among a coalition of Democratic lawmakers, immigrant advocates and labor and religious groups," the New York Times reports.
Meanwhile, House Majority Leader Nancy Pelosi is privately telling House lawmakers that they won't have to vote on controversial legislation until the Senate does. "The Speaker recently assured her freshman lawmakers and other vulnerable members of her caucus that a vote on immigration reform is not looming despite a renewed push from the White House and the Congressional Hispanic Caucus. The House will not move on the issue until the upper chamber passes a bill, Pelosi told the members," according to The Hill newspaper.
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