Immigration reform champion Rep. Luis Gutiérrez (D-Ill.) on Tuesday urged undocumented immigrants to take quick advantage of President Obama’s executive actions giving them temporary legal status.
Speaking in both English and Spanish, he urged those eligible for the new program to also get their paperwork ready for legal status.
“When that door opens, we should have hundreds of thousands, if not millions, with their documents, ready to submit them,” Gutiérrez said at a Capitol Hill press conference. “While Republicans are complaining and bellyaching, we’re going to act.” Continue reading “Gutiérrez presses ‘millions’ to get documents ready for legal status”